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Sky Generation's first wind turbine, a Vestas V80, in Ferndale, Ontario on the Bruce Peninsula. This was one of the first dozen turbines installed in Ontario, Canada. Many more have since followed.

Higher Penetration of Wind Energy in Ontario than in California

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Paul Gipe

The Canadian province of Ontario generated a higher percentage of its electricity with wind energy than California in 2015.

SheerWind-Invelox–Is the End Nigh for Another Ducted Turbine?

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Paul Gipe

Is the end near for SheerWind’s Invelox ducted wind turbine? The problems with SheerWind’s design are coming to a head as its signature clients lose faith.
WindFlow's Geoff Henderson in the nacelle of one of his 500 kW two blade machines near Christchurch, New Zealand.

Mid-Size Turbines a Have Big Advantage in Output Relative to Visual Impact

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Paul Gipe

No, that’s not mere click bait. That’s the argument Geoff Henderson makes in a provocative paper on wind turbine size and the landscape impact of wind turbines.
2015 Windmill Wildflower hike across Cameron Ridge in the Tehachapi Pass.

32nd Windmill-Wildflower Hike Planned for Tehachapi 20 May 2017

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Paul Gipe

The Kern-Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club will lead a hike among the wind turbines on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) at 9:00 am on Saturday May 20, 2017 near Tehachapi, California.
Figure 3 4 from Wind Energy for the Rest of Us. Askov’s conical wind catcher. In 1897, Poul la Cour added a keglevindfang or “conical wind catcher” (left) atop Askov’s new laboratory. (His earlier turbine is in the background.) The wind catcher used an unconventional six blade rotor developed by a local millwright. The rotor represented the intuitive thinking of the day but proved unsatisfactory, leading la Cour to his famous wind tunnel experiments on wind turbine rotors. Eventually, the wind catcher rotor was replaced with a more conventional fourblade rotor designed by la Cour. (Poul la Cour Foundation)

Kudos for Gipe’s Wind Energy from the Poul la Cour Foundation

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Paul Gipe

The current newsletter of the Poul la Cour Foundation offers kudos for the new book by Paul Gipe, Wind Energy for the Rest of Us.
Detail of Figure 3 8. Allgaier. Three blade downwind 11.3 meter (37 foot) rotor with fantail developed by Urich Hütter in the early 1950s. This detail is only available with ereaders capable of viewing all the pixels in an image in the digital version of Wind Energy for the Rest of Us..

The Book for Wind Geeks: Wind Energy for the Rest of Us Digital Edition

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Paul Gipe

The digital version of Wind Energy for the Rest of Us is now available for download. This is the version of the book for true wind geeks as it offers photographic detail not seen any other way.
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California’s Clean Fuel Rebate for Electric Vehicles—What a Deal

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Paul Gipe

It’s a deal almost too good to be true: Get paid to drive an electric car.
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Clarkson Attempts Ducted Turbines—Again

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Paul Gipe

Despite its previous association with a questionable wind turbine and its promoter, Clarkson University announced that the school in upstate New York has transferred ducted wind turbine technology developed on campus to a private company for commercialization.

TAM Energy Still Spinning WindTronics Hype–Will This Thing Ever Die?

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Paul Gipe

Honeywell WindTronics may be dead but that doesn’t stop others from spinning the WindTronics hype.

WindTronics Took Millions from Ontario Then Unconvincingly Blames the Province

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Paul Gipe

“The province gave the company $2.7 million to open in Windsor — under one condition. The company promised there would be 200 workers in the plant by the end of this year. That is now very unlikely,” said the CBC.
Figure 15 50 on page 371 of Wind Energy for the Rest of Us illustrating the compatability of wind turbines with tourist destinations. Copenhagen's Little Mermaid in the foreground. Lynetten wind cooperative in the background.

Bare Breasts and Windmills—Oh, My!

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Paul Gipe

Fans of my work with wind energy have often joked that my books would have a larger audience if they had some sex in them--or at least a bare breast.
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We Have Books–Wind Energy for the Rest of Us Now Available

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Paul Gipe

More correctly, the Chelsea Green warehouse has books. They arrived 9 November all 2,150 copies.
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