Articles by
Paul Gipe
Finally a New Generation of VAWT Busters Has Arrived: Debunking IceWind
By
Paul Gipe
The onslaught of super-dooper new windmill inventions is never ending. Frankly it’s wearing out us old timers. We can’t keep up with the damn things. We try to ignore them but our friends and colleagues keep throwing them in our faces, forcing us to react.
Revenge of PURPA
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Paul Gipe
The much maligned Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, PURPA for short, is back in the news. Not that it ever went away. PURPA has been the foundation stone upon which renewable electricity generation has been built in the United States.
Mag-Wind’s James Rowan Captured in Saskatoon after Four Years on the Lam
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Paul Gipe
Four years after a federal grand jury in Raleigh, North Carolina returned a two-count indictment against James Alan Rowan for his fraudulent wind turbine investments, the fugitive was caught in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Canadian Loves His Bolt
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Paul Gipe
Mike Brigham, the force behind Toronto's SolarShare, loves his Chevy Bolt EV. "The range estimates on the car seem to be incredibly accurate," says Brigham. "The last trips between a charge totaled 256k (150 miles) with 132k (80 miles) estimated remaining = 388k (230 miles)," he says. "It’s easy to fall into the habit of accelerating quickly though… this car has real pep!"
FloDesign’s State Subsidy Up in Smoke
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Paul Gipe
Among all those who lost money in the FloDesign-Ogin fiasco is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Compared to others the state lost a relatively modest amount of $3 million.
EV Electricity Consumption in All EV Gipe-Nies Household
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Paul Gipe
We’ve leased a 2015 Nissan Leaf since the fall of 2014. In October 2015 we bought a 2013 Chevy Volt off lease, making our household all electric.
Bakersfield to Tehachapi Trip Report Redux
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Paul Gipe
For various reasons we haven’t been able to take our Nissan Leaf, a battery electric vehicle (EV), out on the road until this past weekend. I was speaking at the March for Science in Tehachapi 22 April so we drove our Leaf from Bakersfield to Tehachapi.
Kiwi Pension Fund Loses $50 Million in Ogin Ducted Turbine Fiasco
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Paul Gipe
New Zealand’s Superannuation Fund has written down its $47.5 million (NZ) investment in ducted turbine promoter Ogin.
Dutch Wind Developer Fire Bombed
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Paul Gipe
Sometime around midnight 10-11 April the home of Bob Jans was firebombed in Assen, the Netherlands. Both Jans and his wife were home, asleep at the time.
The Long & Winding Road to Today’s Small Wind Industry
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Paul Gipe
Keynote presentation to the 2017 Small Wind Conference 11 April in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hull Massachusetts’ Malcolm Brown Wins Windustry Award
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Paul Gipe
Malcolm Brown, long-time local activist from Hull, Massachusetts won the Windustry award for community service in a brief ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC Tuesday night.
The Silent Wind Revolution: Increasing the Opportunity for Distributed Wind
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Paul Gipe
Presentation before the Distributed Wind Energy Association in Washington, DC February 28, 2017
