Articles by
Paul Gipe
Remarks by Paul Gipe at the Dedication of EDON’s Wind Plant at Eemshaven, the Netherlands
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Paul Gipe
With the completion of this wind plant, events have come full circle. The flow of visitors seeking information about wind energy has reversed. The intellectual, technical, and may I say "moral" momentum has shifted from the United States to Europe.
Kenetech Windpower (U.S. Windpower) citations in Wind Energy Comes of Age
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Paul Gipe
Kenetech Windpower (U.S. Windpower), one of the world’s largest wind companies, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 1996. Below ... Read more

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."
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

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.

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

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.
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
Cooeperatieve Windenergie Vereniging Kennemerwind
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Paul Gipe
Kennemerwind was not the first wind cooperative in the Netherlands, but is one of the largest in number of members. (Several members of the Dutch wind fraternity own shares, including ECN's renewables director Jos Beurskens.)
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
