Articles by
Paul Gipe
Another Bladeless Windmill Stalks the Mindscape
By
Paul Gipe
Here we go again. Another windmill invention is stalking the Internet. This time it is the “bladeless” windmill, reintroduced. Atlantic Cities first published a glowing piece (Invention of the Day: A Bladeless Windmill) that fits all the pie-in-the-sky standard checklist.
100 Percent Renewable Vision Building
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Paul Gipe
Increasingly countries and regions are leapfrogging timid renewable targets and moving toward full 100% integration of renewables into electricity supply. Some thought leaders, politicians, and advocates are moving even further, suggesting 150%, even 300% renewable electricity generation to meet not only electricity supply but also heat and transport. . .
FITs Gaining Support from Neoliberal Business Leaders
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Paul Gipe
Even more telling for Americans, less than 5% of participants found Reverse Auctions an optimal policy. In contrast, more than 30% found feed-in tariffs the optimal policy. . .
Tidal Feed-in Tariff Hearing Delayed in Nova Scotia
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Paul Gipe
Nova Scotia has postponed the hearing into feed-in tariffs for tidal power plants because of insufficient evidence from participants. Nova ... Read more
Maine Introduces Feed-in Tariff Legislation
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Paul Gipe
Proposed 20-year contracts limited to projects less than 500 kW. Includes most renewable technologies.
Mariah Windspire VAWT Measured Performance
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Paul Gipe
There are now several measured power curves of the Mariah Windspire publicly available. This is one of the very few contemporary household-size (small) Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) to complete full testing and certification in the US. . .
Crissy Field Small VAWT Demonstration Photos Posted
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Paul Gipe
These are series of photos of a "demonstration" of "urban wind" using five Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) from three different manufacturers at Crissy Field in San Francisco. They are all very small. The Mariah Windspire, the only one of the bunch that has been tested to IEC standards is rated at 1 kW. The two Windspires were operating when I visited in 2012.
2012 German Nuclear & Gas-Fired Generation Falls Further While Renewables Grow
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Paul Gipe
Apparently my article last October documenting the growth of renewables in Germany while nuclear generation continues to decline got under ... Read more
Feed-in Tariff Breakthrough in Iowa?
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Paul Gipe
Updated--Could the conservative heartland sate of Iowa breach the dam holding back feed-in tariffs for renewable energy in the US when self-styled “progressive” states such as California continue to dawdle? That is the possible implication of a vote by the Agriculture Committee of Iowa’s state Senate Thursday, 7 March 2013. . .
DAF-Indal 50 kW Longest Lived Canadian Darrieus?
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Paul Gipe
In 1997, Canadian meteorologist Jim Salmon reported that a 50 kW DAF-Indal turbine at Christopher Point, on the southern tip ... Read more
Public Acceptance of the Potato and What it Tells Us about the Acceptance of Wind Energy
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Paul Gipe
The lowly potato has a story to tell and it's a parable about modern attitudes toward wind energy. . .
2013 Windmill-Wildflower Hike Planned for Tehachapi: 28th Annual Walk May 25th, 2013
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Paul Gipe
The event marks the 28th year of the annual spring hike. More than 800 people, from children to octogenarians, have taken the six-mile walk across Cameron Ridge since the event was first launched. . .
