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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.
Equinor Wind US Joins Effort To Protect Whales In New York Bight
Equinor Wind US, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have launched a joint project to deploy...
GE Renewable Energy Opens Fourth Remote Operations Center
GE Renewable Energy recently launched a new remote operations center (ROC) in Barcelona, Spain.
The ROC is capable of monitoring 2,000-plus turbines, bringing the...
Ohio Suspends Hearing Schedule For Seneca Wind Farm
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has suspended the hearings scheduled in the Seneca Wind Farm case.
On April 4, Seneca Wind LLC and the...
Responsible Offshore Science Alliance Launches
The Responsible Offshore Science Alliance (ROSA) has commenced operations with a goal of advancing regional research and monitoring of fisheries and offshore wind interactions...
Rhode Island Funds READY 4 OFFSHORE WIND Initiative
The Business Network for Offshore Wind (BNOW) has been awarded a grant in Rhode Island for its READY 4 OFFSHORE WIND program.
In total, Rhode...
Amazon Announces Wind Farms In U.S., Sweden And Ireland
Amazon.com has announced three new wind projects as part of its long-term goal to power all Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure with renewable energy...
Anbaric Requests Economic Study On New England Offshore Wind
Offshore transmission developer Anbaric is requesting an economic study to examine the impacts of 8 GW, 10 GW and 12 GW of offshore wind...
Vineyard Wind To Implement UMass Fisheries Monitoring Studies
Vineyard Wind will implement recommendations from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) to guide its project’s fisheries monitoring...
New ‘Power Up Iowa’ Group Makes The Case For Wind Power
Power Up Iowa has commenced operations as a statewide coalition of renewable energy supporters advocating for local, state and federal policies that grow wind...
City Of Dover Seeks Renewable Energy
Looking to diversify its current resource mix, the City of Dover, Del., has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for clean energy.
The city is...
Contact Lens Company Powers Rochester Facilities With Wind RECs
Contact lens company CooperVision has converted its three Rochester, N.Y.-area sites to 100% renewable electricity usage.
These facilities include the Scottsville contact lens manufacturing...
Bill Proposes ITC Eligibility For Energy Storage
U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., has proposed a bill that would create an investment tax credit (ITC) for energy storage systems.
The American Wind Energy...
Siemens Gamesa Introduces 5.X Onshore Wind Platform
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has introduced a new onshore wind platform: the SG 5.X, which encompasses two turbine models, the SG 5.8-155 and...
Merkley, Grassley Push For Wind Funding
U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, are leading a bipartisan push for more federal wind energy funding.
In a letter to U.S....
Novatus, Vestas Form Deal For More Than 1 GW Of U.S. Wind
New York City-based Novatus Energy has signed long-term service extensions with Vestas across seven U.S. wind projects totaling 1,043 MW.
The agreements extend the original...
Poll Shows Strong Support For New Jersey Offshore Wind
A poll conducted by New Jersey-based Monmouth University finds that the vast majority of Garden State residents support the development of wind farms off...
The Church Pension Fund Invests In Renewable Energy
The Church Pension Fund (CPF), a New York City-based financial services organization that serves the Episcopal Church, has invested $40 million in the New...
Boise Adopts 100% Renewable Electricity Goal
The city council of Boise, Idaho, has voted to adopt “Boise’s Energy Future,” a plan to move the city’s electricity to 100% renewable sources...
Vestas Announces Duo Of U.S. Orders
Vestas has announced two new wind turbine orders in the U.S.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) placed an order for 143 MW of V126-3.45 MW turbines...
GCube: U.S. Renewable Energy Market Should Reset Risk Benchmark
Component vulnerability, defective designs and changing OEM warranties, coupled with extreme-weather damage, have significantly increased the frequency and severity of insurance claims in the...