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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.
Molded Fiber Glass Shuttering S.D. Factory After GE Stops Wind Orders
Molded Fiber Glass (MFG), which provides a network of molding factories across North America, is closing its Aberdeen, S.D., plant after receiving a notice...
Renewable Northwest Leader Shimshak Resigning After 24 Years
After 24 years of leading the organization, Renewable Northwest's executive director, Rachel Shimshak, will resign in June 2018.
According to the group, during Shimshak’s tenure,...
Senvion Installs 130 MW Of Wind In New Markets
Senvion has completed the installation of several wind farms in three of its newly entered markets within Europe.
The installation of 33 Senvion 3.4M114 turbines...
EGP-NA Advances Wind Technician Education At N.D. College
Devils Lake, N.D.-based Lake Region State College (LRSC) and Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGP-NA) have announced new scholarships for students interested in...
NY Green Bank Issues RFP On Third-Party Clean Energy Capital
NY Green Bank has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to evaluate strategies for raising, investing and managing at least $1 billion in third-party...
Block Island Wind Farm Awarded Verification Certificate From ABS Group
ABS Group, the independent certified verification agent (CVA) for the Block Island Wind Farm, has issued a verification certificate to the Rhode Island Coastal...
From 90 To 12: Nordex Switching Acciona Wind Farm To Fewer Turbines, Same Power
The Nordex Group has won a 30 MW order to renovate one of Acciona Energia’s oldest wind farm in Spain.
In the second half of...
Digital Realty To Source Wind And Solar For Chicago, Ashburn Data Centers
San Francisco-headquartered Digital Realty, a provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, is expanding its renewable energy and sustainability initiatives with two long-term...
Kymeta, FMC GlobalSat Partner For Renewable Energy Satellite Communications
Redmond, Wash.-based communications provider Kymeta Corp. is expanding its distribution network to include global connectivity company FMC GlobalSat. The companies say the new partnership...
Enel Selling Majority Stake In Kansas, Oklahoma Wind Farms
Enel S.p.A., through Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has signed an agreement with investment fund Gulf Pacific Power LLC for a stake in...
Cape Wind Officially Pulls The Plug
Sixteen years after it was first proposed, Cape Wind has officially pulled the plug on its offshore wind farm planned for Massachusetts' Nantucket Sound.
In...
Vestas Secures Order For MidAmerican’s Wind XI
MidAmerican Energy Co., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, has placed an order for 70 MW of Vestas’ V110-2.0 MW turbines for the 2...
Google To Buy Power From Avangrid Wind Duo In S.D.
Avangrid Renewables has signed a new wind contract with Google for 196 MW of new South Dakota wind power.
The power purchase agreements (PPAs) will...
Google Signs New Iowa Wind Deal With EDF RE
EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) has signed an agreement to supply Google with 200 MW of wind energy generated from the new Glaciers Edge...
Massachusetts Groups Appealing Cape Wind Lease Decision
The Town of Barnstable, the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership and the Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership are among the groups now appealing the recent federal decision to...
UT Austin Helping Bring Clean Energy To Mexican Grid
The University of Texas at Austin (UT) recently signed a partnership agreement with Monterrey Tech, a university in Mexico, to develop a reliable, clean,...
EIA: The Rise Of U.S. Wind Turbine Heights And Capacities Over 10 Years
Although wind turbines in the U.S. have grown in both average height and capacity over the past decade, wind energy is still not expected...
Siemens Gamesa Supplying Nearly 1 GW Of New Offshore Model For Vattenfall
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been selected by Vattenfall to supply close to 1 GW of turbines at three offshore wind projects being...
Vestas Seals Five-Project Wind Deal With Spanish Utility
Vestas and Barcelona-based utility Gas Natural Fenosa have sealed an agreement to build 86 MW of wind energy across five new projects in Spain.
The...
Battery Storage Joining Statoil’s Floating Offshore Wind Farm
Statoil has awarded a contract to Younicos to deliver a 1 MW battery storage system for Hywind Scotland, what Statoil calls the world's first...