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Betsy Lillian
Betsy Lillian serves as the editor of North American Windpower, as well as sister publications NGT News, Solar Industry and Unmanned Aerial Online. She has been with Zackin Publications since 2012.
Deutsche Windtechnik Establishes U.S. Base
Independent maintenance provider Deutsche Windtechnik, based in Germany, will be expanding its business to include the North American wind market starting in January.
Its new...
Iowa Congressman Leads Fight To Preserve Wind PTC In Final Tax Bill
U.S. Rep. David Young, R-Iowa, is continuing his fight to protect the wind energy production tax credit (PTC). Today, he led a letter advocating...
GE Makes Three Global Wind Power Announcements
GE has made three wind-related announcements in Thailand, Egypt and the Netherlands. In Thailand, the company will provide 270 MW of wind; in Egypt,...
SoCalGas Setting Up Model Energy Plan With Wind, Solar & Renewable Natural Gas
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) is partnering with the University of California-Irvine's Advanced Power & Energy Program to design an "Advanced Energy Community" in...
Wind Resource Uncertainty: Study Warns Of Possible Climate-Related Shifts
In the next century, wind resources may decrease in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere and could sharply increase in some hotspot regions down...
Duke Energy Upgrades Battery Storage At West Texas Wind Farm
Younicos has completed the installation and commissioning of an upgraded battery storage system at the site of Duke Energy’s 153 MW Notrees Windpower Project...
Energy Department Announces Funding For Offshore Wind Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $18.5 million in funding for a new offshore wind research and development (R&D) consortium, tasked with...
Vaisala, WindSim Tackle Obstacles Of Wind Measurement In Complex Terrain
Vaisala, a provider of environmental and industrial measurement, recently collaborated with WindSim, a provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling, on a study that...
DOE’s Perry Grants FERC Extension On Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry has granted a request from Kevin McIntyre, the newly sworn-in chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory...
DNR: Wind Helps Iowa Reduce GHG Emissions Statewide
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is highlighting how greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions in Iowa dropped for the second year in a row, primarily...
Idaho Regulators OK Big Cut To Rocky Mountain Power’s Wind Integration Rate
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a proposal from Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp, to significantly lower the rate charged...
Bay Area Rapid Transit Goes Big On Wind And Solar
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), the public transportation system of the San Francisco Bay Area, is moving forward on plans to source the majority...
Vestas Inks 80% PTC-Qualifying Wind Agreement
Vestas has received a U.S. order for 40 MW of wind turbine components that qualify for 80% of the federal production tax credit (PTC).
The...
GE Power Announces Layoffs As Renewables Grow; Wind Business Not Affected
Citing "challenges in the power market worldwide," GE Power has announced plans to reduce its global headcount by approximately 12,000 positions, affecting both professional...
NRG Systems, Lasser Eólica Partner For Lattice Wind Tower Solutions
U.S.-based NRG Systems says wind energy solutions provider Lasser Eólica has joined its global network of service partners and dealers.
Based in Spain, Lasser Eólica...
Siemens Gamesa Consolidates In Americas, Names New Execs
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has announced the consolidation of its North America and Latin America regions - a move the company says will...
New Program Seeks To Bolster Utility Sustainability, Clean Energy Reporting
To better serve customers and investors, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), an association representing all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, is launching a pilot environmental,...
CanWEA Applauds Alberta’s New Carbon-Reduction Plan
On Wednesday, Shannon Phillips, Alberta's minister of environment and parks, announced a plan for the adoption of an output-based allocation system for large emitters...
Bluff Point Wind Energy Center Commissioned In Indiana
State and local leaders and landowners joined executives from NextEra Energy Resources and American Electric Power (AEP) today to celebrate the commissioning of the...
Massachusetts Awards $20 Million For Energy Storage Projects
Massachusetts' Baker-Polito administration has awarded $20 million in grants to 26 energy storage projects in the state.
Recognizing the benefits energy storage holds for the...