Articles by

Paul Gipe

Presentation by Paul Gipe to the Government of Quebec on L’Energie Eolien dans le Monde

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Paul Gipe

Ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Dan juhl's v44s on the buffalo ridge, woodstock, minnesota, 1999.

A L’Etape de La Maturité: L’Énergie Éolienne

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Paul Gipe

L'énergie éolienne, aujourd'hui viable sur le plan commercial, peut combler une partie importante des besoins énergétiques. L'image qu'on se fait aujourd'hui de l'énergie éolienne n'a plus rien à voir avec la vision romantique du meunier aux cheveux blanchis par la farine ferlant les voiles de son moulin à vent. Cette source énergétique est devenue une réalité commerciale incontournable. Qu'il s'agisse de combler les besoins d'un nomade mongol, de paysannes puisant leur eau dans un puits au Maroc, d'un fermier du Minnesota, d'une coopérative au Danemark ou d'un travailleur de l'une des nombreuses éoliennes de Californie, l'électricité produite par la force des vents montre qu'un approvisionnement énergétique durable n'est plus un réve.
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Erosion Gullies in the Tehachapi Pass: An Example of Improper Wind Development

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Paul Gipe

  Note: This critique was originally written in 1996. Little has changed since then except on the former FloWind site ... Read more
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Community-Owned Wind Development in Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands

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Paul Gipe

While the following report on a Trip to Northern Europe in 1996 is more than a decade old, much of the information remains relevant. Wind turbines are bigger and more costly today than those mentioned here, but the principles of community ownership and the attitudes of the proponents are same as they were then.

Farmer Noud de Schutter

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Paul Gipe

Noud de Schutter is president of Vereniging Windenergie Noord Holland (the wind turbine owners association of North Holland) and a ... Read more
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Wind Energy in America: A History by Robert Righter

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Paul Gipe

"The free benefit of the wind ought not be denied to any man."

Der Spiegel Tackles Wind

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Paul Gipe

An early example of Der Spiegel's anti-renewables stance.

Proceedings of The European Wind Energy Association Special Topic Conference on the Economics of Wind Energy

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Paul Gipe

The special topic conference was held in Helsinki Finland 5-7 September, 1995 by the European Wind Energy Association in collaboration ... Read more

AWT 26 Generates Noise Complaint

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Paul Gipe

  These comments were posted to awea-windnet and subsequently noise from the AWT 26 was abated. Eventually the turbines were ... Read more
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The Pot Calls the Kettle Black

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Paul Gipe

Or How Company A Charges That Their Nonexistent Wind Turbine Is Better Than Company B’s Nonexistent Wind Turbine On July ... Read more

Detecting Variable Speed Performance Improvements

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Paul Gipe

An edited version of this article appeared in Vol 8 No 4, (Autumn 1995) “If there are any performance benefits ... Read more

California Projects Show Steady Improvements

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Paul Gipe

An edited version of this article appeared in WindStats Vol 8 No 4, (Autumn 1995). Data from the California Energy ... Read more