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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.
Shell Launches Turbine Gearbox Oil For U.S. Wind Market
Shell Lubricants recently introduced a new synthetic gearbox oil designed for wind turbines in the U.S. market.
With a 10-year warranty, Shell Omala S5...
Senvion Installs First 2.3M130 Wind Turbine
Senvion has completed the first installation of its new 2.3M130 wind turbine.
Installed in Gujarat, India, the turbine boasts a rotor diameter of 130 meters....
Goldwind Sells Montana Wind Facility To Potentia Renewables
Goldwind has announced the sale of its 20 MW Musselshell Wind Project in Montana to Potentia Renewables, a Toronto-based developer, owner and operator of...
Rhode Island Regulators Green-Light Offshore Wind PPA
The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has unanimously approved a long-term power contract with National Grid for 400 MW of clean energy from...
Alfonso Faubel Named Onshore CEO Of Siemens Gamesa
The board of directors at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has appointed Alfonso Faubel the new CEO of the company's onshore business.
The appointment...
Dallas To Cut Electricity Costs With New Renewable Energy Contract
The City of Dallas has entered into a new electricity contract with TXU Energy to power all city facilities with wind and solar energy...
QTS Signs Wind Deals For Texas, N.J. Data Centers
QTS Realty Trust, a provider of data center solutions, plans to purchase wind energy equal to the expected electricity needs of its data centers...
Nordex Announces 198 MW Texas Order
The Nordex Group has received an order from an undisclosed project developer in the U.S.
Starting in spring 2020, Nordex will install 63 AW125/3150 wind...
Vestas Goes With Drones For 1,250-Turbine Inspection Campaign
Sulzer Schmid, a provider of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology for rotor blade inspections, and WKA, a blade inspection and repair service provider, have...
AWEA Launches CLEANPOWER 2020
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has announced the creation of CLEANPOWER, a new exhibition hub that will bring together the utility-scale wind power,...
Siemens Gamesa, EDF Partner For Another Wind Farm
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been awarded another order by EDF Renewables to supply 30 SG 4.5-145 and 36 SG 2.7-129 wind turbines...
Xcel Energy Commits To Coal Retirements, Clean Energy
Xcel Energy has announced plans to retire its last two coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled, as well as...
EDP, ENGIE Form Global Offshore Wind JV
ENGIE and EDP have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a 50/50 joint venture dedicated to offshore wind.
The new entity will be...
GE Renewable Energy Tallies U.S. Wind Repowerings
GE Renewable Energy has completed over 2,500 repowering upgrades in the U.S. - covering 4 GW of capacity at 36 different wind farms -...
GE Issued 40-Year Design Conformity Statement For Onshore Turbine
TÜV NORD has issued a design conformity statement for GE Renewable Energy's 2.7-116 turbine in accordance with the IEC 61400-22 standard.
This is the...
Vestas Rolls Out The V138-3.0 MW
Vestas has introduced the V138-3.0 MW wind turbine, which is based on the company's scalable EnVentus platform.
The new turbine follows the launch of the...
Siemens Gamesa To Service GE Machines For Pattern Energy
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has signed a four-year O&M agreement with Pattern Energy for the 218 MW Panhandle Wind 1 facility, consisting of...
Vineyard Wind Seeks Acoustic Monitoring Systems In Support Of Whale Conservation
Vineyard Wind is seeking proposals for advanced passive acoustic monitoring systems (PAMS) to be deployed alongside transit routes to the offshore wind area located...
EDF Places Texas Order With Vestas
EDF Renewables has placed a 249 MW order with Vestas for V120-2.2 MW turbines.
The turbines will be installed at the 273 MW Las...
West Virginia Governor Embraces Proposed Wind Farm
Clearway Energy Group has proposed a 170 MW wind farm in West Virginia that would significantly grow the state's installed wind capacity.
Gov. Jim Justice,...