Articles by
Paul Gipe
Renewables Produced More than Half Portugal’s Electricity in 2015
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Paul Gipe
In light of the recent Guardian story that Portugal generated all its electricity with renewables for four days, I thought I’d re-examine how well Portugal is doing overall.
Wind Energy for the Rest of Us First Page Proofs
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Paul Gipe
The good news is that with a smaller font size and tighter leading (the space between lines) than in my previous books, Holm has been able to substantially reduce the number of printed pages from that expected.
New Yazaki DC Fast Charging Connectors Big Improvement
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Paul Gipe
The previous version required reading the instructions, watching a video on line, and--if you were smart—a practice session or two before you needed it on a road trip with a line of Nissan Leafs behind you waiting to charge.
Our Nissan Leaf’s Traction Battery Capacity April 2016 Update
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Paul Gipe
The general observation of other Nissan Leaf owners is true that the more you use the Leaf the better the traction battery capacity appears. Whether this is actual improvement in the traction battery’s capacity or just an anomaly of the battery controller’s record keeping is not known. (At least, I don’t know.)
Denmark’s Agricco: History’s First Interconnected Wind Turbine
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Paul Gipe
In 1919 the utility installed a wind turbine at Buddinge and connected it to its lines—a first worldwide, a full two decades before the Smith-Putnam machine in Vermont was connected to the grid.
Austria Considers Prohibiting New Gas and Diesel Autos by 2020
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Paul Gipe
Previously, Norway and the Netherlands have also begun discussing whether to limit sales of new gasoline and diesel cars to reduce air pollution.
Buchenwald’s Liberation and What It Says about the Development of Wind Energy
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Paul Gipe
Today marks the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945 by the 6th armored division of the US Third Army. Buchenwald is significant for several reasons. 56,000 people died in the camp, some one-quarter of those imprisoned.
Assigned ISBNs to Wind Energy for the Rest of Us
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Paul Gipe
Big step in the long road to publishing my new book: Wind Energy for the Rest of Us. Today I assigned the ISBN numbers to the digital and print version. Each version of the book has its own distinct ISBN number.
Everything You Need to Know about Wind Energy Was Written in 1957!
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Paul Gipe
In the research for my new book, Wind Energy for the Rest of Us, I came across several unsung heroes of wind energy development. One of those was French engineer Louis Vadot.
New Rumors in Germany: VW to Build EV Plant & Charging Network in USA
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Paul Gipe
Rumors are swirling in Germany that Volkswagen (VW), under pressure to reach a settlement with US and California regulators by March 24th, is considering the creation of two mitigation funds and possibly building a new factory in the US to build Electric Vehicles (EVs).
New Photo of Anderson’s Charles E Miller’s Four-Blade Wind Turbine in 1926
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Paul Gipe
The Madison County (Indiana) Historical Society was able to locate the photo that I'd seen on display in mid 2015 of Charles E Miller's 1926 wind turbine in Anderson, Indiana.
Was Anderson’s Miller First with Pitchable Blade Tips for Wind Turbines?
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Paul Gipe
Miller is practically unknown among historians for his contribution to wind energy technology. He could be an unsung Hoosier hero for his invention of the pitchable blade tip.
