Articles by
Paul Gipe
Adecon Darrieus Turbine Photos Posted
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Paul Gipe
In response to a query from a Swedish researcher, I’ve posted eight historic photos of the Adecon Darrieus wind turbine to my web site. See Adecon under Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) in the Photos section.
Bürger-Windpark Lübke-Koog 25-Year Anniversary–A Review
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Paul Gipe
Hans-Detlef Feddersen sent me a copy of a little picture book celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bürger-Windpark Lübke-Koog. He included a DVD video of interviews with the founders of the community-owned wind farm, the first of its kind in Germany and model for the thousands of projects to come.
Another Small VAWT with Big Ambitions Bankrupt: X-Wind Power
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Paul Gipe
Small Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) come and go so fast no one can keep track of them before they become history.
Gårdmøllerne or Danish Farm Windmills–A Review
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Paul Gipe
Benny Christensen knows his windmills. An early anti-nuclear activist and proponent of 100% renewable energy—a photo of him appears in Steven Borish’s Land of the Living—Christensen has now turned his attention to documenting the country’s long history of working with the wind.
Störfall mit Charme—The Story of the Schönau Electricity Revolt–A Review
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Paul Gipe
The title, Störfall mit Charme, is a playful thumbing of the nose in German at the critics of a movement by citizens in a small village in the deepest reaches of Germany’s Schwarzwald or Black Forest to dump nuclear power and build a renewable energy future.
Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation–a Review
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Paul Gipe
Geothermal energy is one of the dark horses of renewable energy. Few “renewable energy advocates” know much—if anything—about it. They don’t know what geothermal contributes today and have no clue what its role could be in a 100% renewable energy future. This is a grave mistake.
Comments by Bernard Saulnier on the Book Energy Democracy
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Paul Gipe
In response to my review of Energy Democracy, a new book on Germany’s energy revolution by Craig Morris and Arne Jungjohann, long-time colleague Bernard Saulnier contacted me with his thoughts.
Poland’s Anti-Wind Campaign Uses Stale Nazi Argument
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Paul Gipe
Rightwing Poles have raised the old canard that wind turbines and, hence, wind energy, is the detestable spoor of Nazi racial ideology. Nothing could be further from the truth.
AWEA’s Tom Gray–US Wind Pioneer—Dies
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Paul Gipe
Tom Gray, former executive director of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) died Wednesday.
Copyright Finally Issued for Wind Energy for the Rest of Us
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Paul Gipe
The copyright was finally issued for Wind Energy for the Rest of Us. A long time coming, the copyright was issued under Title 17 of the United States Code and became effective 5 December 2016.
Energy Democracy, by Craig Morris & Arne Jungjohann: A Review
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Paul Gipe
Is one of the most powerful books on the renewable energy revolution in decades. It’s a chronicle of the remarkable transformation underway in the world’s fourth-largest industrial economy.
VAWTs Relegated to the Backwaters of the Internet Where Anti-Vaxxers Roam
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Paul Gipe
I’d seen a reference to the technical paper, Optimization of a vertical axis wind turbine for application in an urban/suburban area, by two academics making the rounds but didn’t take much notice of it before now.
