Articles by
Paul Gipe
Are EVs More Expensive–Average New Car Prices November 2020
By
Paul Gipe
We drive electric and have for several years now. We encourage our friends to do so as well. However, some have balked, arguing that electric vehicles are too expensive. The question is, are they more expensive?
Cultural Icons of Wind Turbines—A List that Never Stops Growing
By
Paul Gipe
I just added chocolate as a category of subjects that celebrate wind turbines or traditional windmills. Yes, chocolate. I thought “home decor” would be the last category on the topic. I never expected to be writing about table runners or wall paper that featured wind turbines. But the list of categories just won’t stop growing.
Major New Study Criticizes Auctions: Recommends More Equitable Policies to Spur Rapid Renewable Energy Development
By
Paul Gipe
In a sign that Feed-in Tariffs as a policy mechanism for the rapid—and equitable—development of renewable energy are not dead and that their proponents have not given up the hope of a brighter post Covid-19 future, the Energy Watch Group has released a major new report.
Video of Gedser Mill in Operation
By
Paul Gipe
As interest in the Smith-Putnam project heated up, a colleague directed me to a video of the famous mill at Gedser in Denmark. It was at Gedser where the modern wind industry began.
Smith-Putnam Turbine: Patents and Movie Clip
By
Paul Gipe
Because of increasing historical interest in the Smith-Putnam wind turbine, I’ve added two new pages on the Project: patents for ... Read more
Wind Turbine Shadow Jumping
By
Paul Gipe
By now you’ve probably seen the viral video of a woman or girl jumping or skipping over the shadow of a wind turbine blade as it sweeps across the ground. It’s all over the “interweb” as a friend calls the internet.
Journey to the Future: A Review
By
Paul Gipe
Guy Dauncey’s novel Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible has been extolled by a who’s who of Canadian environmental thought leaders from Elizabeth May, onetime leader of Canada’s Green Party, to David Suzuki, TV personality and environmental activist. The book has also garnered laurels from the Green party of the UK and American progressive radio host Thom Hartmann.
2020 Chevy Bolt EV Battery Capacity Anecdotal Observation
By
Paul Gipe
After two months of driving a 2020 Chevy Bolt for some 2,000 miles we've found that the traction battery of our car has a capacity of 64 kWh, not the 66 kWh advertised. More interestingly, the 2020 battery pack of our car has only 2.5 kWh more than that of our previous 2017 Bolt. This anecdotal observation may not reflect the rest of the 2020 Bolt fleet.
Data Request for 2020 Bolt Battery Capacity Measurements
By
Paul Gipe
I am looking for drivers of 2020 Bolts who have kept records of consumption and State-of-Charge.
China’s Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions—A Review
By
Paul Gipe
David Toke's China’s Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions: The Stabilisation of Energy Consumption and the Deployment of Renewable Energy provides a valuable service in explaining--in English--China's explosive rise to dominate world renewable energy development. Unless you work in the field you won't realize that Chinese companies are leaders in wind, solar, and electric vehicles. If it wasn't for Tesla in California, China's dominance in EVs would be almost complete.
Germany’s Energy Transition–A Review
By
Paul Gipe
Germany’s Energy Transition is a compilation of articles on the progress of Germany's revolutionary transition to renewable energy from fossil fuels and nuclear power. It joins a growing list of books in English explaining how the Germans were able to make such rapid progress and, importantly, what went wrong politically that has curbed further rapid growth.
Chevrolet Bolt EV Official Videos
By
Paul Gipe
GM's official Bolt EV videos lists 21 separate videos on the Bolt, its features, and how to use it. The most recent is October 2020 titled Chevrolet EV Power Panel on charging, charging networks, including the roll out of the GM-EVgo expansion.
