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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.
Renewables, Nuclear Neck And Neck For Electric Generation In First Half Of 2019
Renewable energy sources - biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind - accounted for more than one-fifth (20.1%) of net domestic electrical generation during the...
NaiKun Moves Toward B.C. Offshore Wind Deal
British Columbia-based NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. has signed an indicative offer with an offshore wind development company to develop a project in the...
Castrol Launches Academy For Wind O&M Training
Castrol, a BP subsidiary that provides lubricants for the wind energy industry, has announced the launch of the Castrol Wind Academy.
The academy is a...
Partners Developing New Colorado Wind Farm
Holy Cross Energy (HCE) and Guzman Energy have signed an agreement with NGC Partners to develop the 150 MW Arriba Wind Farm in Lincoln...
Detroit Zoo To Use Michigan-Made Wind Energy
The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has announced that the Detroit Zoo will be powered by 100% Michigan-made renewable energy through DTE Energy's MIGreenPower program....
Storage Developer Form Energy Closes Funding, Welcomes Skelly To Board
Form Energy Inc., an energy company developing systems incorporating low-cost, long-duration storage, has closed a $40 million Series B financing round led by Eni...
Bay State Wind Submits Massachusetts Offshore Bid
Bay State Wind, a 50/50 joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource, has submitted its proposal in response to Massachusetts' second request for proposals (RFP)...
Vineyard Wind Submits Proposals For Additional Massachusetts Projects
Vineyard Wind LLC has submitted a set of proposals for large-scale offshore wind projects as part of Massachusetts' second Section 83C procurement for clean...
BOEM Begins Offshore Wind Planning Efforts In Oregon
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding a BOEM Oregon Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on...
DNV GL Launches U.S. Base For Offshore Wind Certification
To meet the growing demand for offshore wind certification services, DNV GL has established a renewables certification office in the U.S.
DNV GL selected its...
Report Highlights Dramatic U.S. Wind Growth Since 2009
Since 2009, the U.S. has increased its solar power generation 40-fold and upped its electric production from wind by more than 270%, according to...
Kansas County Approves New Wind And Solar Restrictions
The board of Sedgwick County, Kan., commissioners has approved new restrictions on wind and solar facilities.
The board approved amendments to the Community Investments...
Vistra To Retire Four Coal Plants In Illinois
Irving, Texas-based Vistra Energy and its subsidiaries have announced plans to close four coal-fueled power plants in Illinois.
The plants will retire in order...
New NRDC Tool Estimates Electricity Costs By Resource, State
A new tool from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) can estimate the cost of producing power from different technologies in each part of...
ENGIE Signs Renewable Energy Deal With N.J. School
Princeton Day School, a private New Jersey school serving pre-K through Grade 12 students, has announced a new renewable energy deal with ENGIE Resources.
Under...
NREL Advances Turbine Wake Steering Research
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are developing ways for wind plant operators to increase energy capture using plant-level controls.
With funding from...
N.Y. Siting Board Approves Eight Point Wind
The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment has granted approval to Eight Point Wind LLC - an affiliate of...
New Illinois Law Allows State To Establish Emissions Restrictions
Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., has signed into law a bill that repeals the Kyoto Protocol Act of 1998, which has prohibited the state from...
Connecticut Seeks Up To 2 GW Of Offshore Wind
Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has released a request for proposals (RFP) seeking up to 2 GW of offshore wind energy....
Wisconsin PSC Confirms Preliminary Support For Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a preliminary decision on the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line to grant a certificate of public convenience...