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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.

NREL-Funded Project Uses Ultrasound To Deter Bats From Turbines

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected a new project to receive a DOE-funded Technology Development and Innovation (TD&I)...
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Bureau Veritas Teams With Cornis For Blade Inspection Services

Bureau Veritas, a provider of laboratory testing, inspection and certification services, has signed a cooperation agreement with Cornis, a provider of wind turbine blade...

Siemens Gamesa Building Giant Turbine Blade Testing Site

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has begun construction of what the company says will be the world’s largest wind turbine blade test stand. Located in...

National Lab Study Shows How Private LTE Can Enhance Wind, Solar Resiliency

In partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Anterix has completed phase one of an ongoing project showing that...

Is It Time For Renewable Energy MLPs?

On June 13, U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., and Mike Thompson, D-Calif., together with U.S. Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., re-introduced...

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center To Be Powered By Wind

The Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in South Dakota will be powered with 100% wind-generated energy in fall 2020 when it begins receiving power from...

GE Secures 175 MW Order For Cypress Platform

GE will supply 33 of its 5.3 MW Cypress wind turbines for the 175 MW Björkvattnet wind farm in Sweden. GE will also provide...

BNEF: Global Renewables Capacity Set To Have Quadrupled In Past Decade

Global investment in new renewable energy capacity over this decade - 2010 to 2019 inclusive - is on course to hit $2.6 trillion, with...

Wind Deal Brings Real Estate Investment Trust To Carbon Neutrality

In a three-year agreement with Calpine Energy Solutions LLC, Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. has purchased the environmental attributes associated with 577,000 MWh from the...

Longroad Tapped For Idaho Wind O&M

Longroad Energy Services LLC - an affiliate of Longroad Energy Holdings LLC, a U.S.-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator - has executed long-term...
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New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Registry Off To Strong Start

Since it launched less than five months ago, more than 400 businesses have joined New Jersey's Offshore Wind Supply Chain Registry, according to the...

Xcel Taps Mortenson For Half-Gigawatt Colorado Project

Xcel Energy has selected longtime partner Mortenson to build the 500 MW Cheyenne Ridge Wind Project in Colorado. Slated for completion in December 2020, the...

Offshore Consortium Awards Floating Wind R&D Contract To NREL

The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has selected the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for contract negotiation...

Enel Providing Wind RECs For Patriots’ Home Opener

Enel North America, which operates through renewable company Enel Green Power North America and energy services business line Enel X, has announced a new...

CT Executive Order Promotes Zero-Carbon Energy Transition

Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Conn., has signed an executive order promoting a transition to clean energy in Connecticut. Specifically, Executive Order No. 3 directs the state's...
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Canada Promotes Indigenous Participation In Quebec Renewable Energy

The government of Canada has announced funding to promote Indigenous participation in Quebec's renewable energy sector. Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s minister of natural resources, announced...
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BLM To Hold Public Meeting On NextEra’s Borderlands Wind Project

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a public meeting on Sept. 18 on the proposed Borderlands Wind...

Global Wind Organisation Forms North American Committee

Several wind companies are joining together within the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) - a nonprofit focused on providing standardized safety training and emergency procedures across the industry -...

Kansas State Fair Energy To Be Offset By Wind RECs

Enel Green Power, in partnership with Westar Energy and KCP&L, is retiring renewable energy credits (RECs) equivalent to the amount of electricity expected to...

Wells Fargo’s Hopkins: As Renewable Tax Credits Phase Out, Industry Must Develop New Financing...

Earlier this year, Wells Fargo announced leadership changes for its renewable energy and environmental finance business. Phil Hopkins, who co-led the group with Barry...

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