Articles by
Paul Gipe
EVgo Plug & Charge Works—Wow
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Paul Gipe
We just tested EVgo’s Plug & Charge feature at a station here in Bakersfield. Lo and behold, it works. Hallelujah--the convenience of a Tesla at half the cost.
History of Conventional Wind Turbines Published—Finally
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Paul Gipe
The first installment of an overview of the history of conventional wind turbines was published by Swedish academic Erik Möllerström and myself 15 August. Part 1 appears in Wind Engineering, an imprint of Sage Journals. The second part will appear later this year.
Solar-Augmented EVs? Is this a Thing?
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Paul Gipe
Putting solar cells on an EV to augment home or fast charging could become a thing, particularly in sunny places like California.
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Paul Gipe
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Serendipity or How We Survived a Thunderstorm and Ate a Delicious Bear Claw
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Paul Gipe
We’re continuing our Pandemic Peregrinations to explore our region of California. To that end we try head out most Thursdays for day trips in our Chevy Bolt. On this trip we drove to Mount Pinos in the Los Padres National Forest. It’s the closest place you can go to escape the sweltering heat of Bakersfield in August.
Wind Turbines on EVs and Why That’s a Bad Idea, But Solar Yes That’s a Winner
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Paul Gipe
I recently got a query from an engineer about an inventor who thought it was a brilliant idea to put a wind turbine on an EV to charge it while it moves. The engineer was rightly suspicious and sent the idea on over to me, the wind world’s resident skeptic.
Agile Wind Power’s Giant VAWT Re-Installed at Grevenbroich
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Paul Gipe
Swiss VAWT Vertical Sky has been re-installed at Germany’s Grevenbroich test site west of Cologne.
Windtronics Rose from the Dead with Donald Trump Jr Then Slinked Back to the Crypt Where It Belongs
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Paul Gipe
My first awareness of the ducted, rim-driven, rooftop contraption called Windtronics is buried in the mists of time. I’ve been writing about Windtronics at least since 2008. None of it’s good.
The Distributed Wind Turbines of the Salinas Valley and Palmdale California
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Paul Gipe
A friend driving down the Salinas Valley on Hwy 101 asked about the single large wind turbines there. It was a good question. They are nearly unique in California and stand out because they are not clustered together in a massive wind farm.
German Wind Power Museum Adds Voith Blade from the Early 80s
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Paul Gipe
Arne Jaeger reports that the Deutsches Windkraftmuseum (the German Wind Power Museum) has obtained one of the two blades used on the Voith 520 wind turbine developed in Germany during the late 1970s and tested in the early 1980s.
Alan Simpson’s Insightful Views on Energy Policy and British Politics
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Paul Gipe
Alan Simpson, as he likes to say, is a ‘recovering politician and lapsed economist’. You can his find stinging critiques of energy policy, the lack thereof in Britain, and British politics in general at Alan Simpson--News from Somewhere Else.
Charging an EV with an Extension Cord from an Outlet?
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Paul Gipe
I got this question recently. “Any thoughts on extension cord charging off a regular outlet? I’ve done a little research and the reviews are mixed.”
