Articles by
Paul Gipe
Delco-Remy’s DRIVE I Preceded GM’s EV1 to Same Fate
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Paul Gipe
Fourteen years before General Motors (GM) introduced its EV1 and a quarter-century before it recalled and eventually destroyed nearly all of them, a GM division built an electric car only to see it suffer the same fate.
Photos of Mid-America Windmill Museum
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Paul Gipe
Visiting Indiana in the summer of 2015, I drove up to Fort Wayne to see my friends John & Cindy Ewing and suggested we check out the museum. The museum has greatly expanded their collections since the early 1990s and now have 52 displays, including a full-scale replica of an English post mill.
French Proposed 100% Renewable Energy Policy for 2050 Released in English
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Paul Gipe
French energy activists, Association négaWatt, have released their plan for France to reach nearly 100% renewable energy by 2050 in English. The move is a dramatic step by the French NGO to draw the attention of world leaders to what a real energy policy for France would look like. Doing so in English is like a call to the barricades.
Great Britain: A Plea for a No-Regrets Energy Policy
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Paul Gipe
Catherine Mitchell launches a series of articles on designing a “no-regrets” energy policy that is as much a plea for ... Read more
Bakersfield First Urban Public Charge Station Nearing Completion
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Paul Gipe
Bakersfield's first urban public charge stations are nearing completion. The four stations at Bakersfield Community College's Weill Institute are located in downtown.
FloDesign-Ogin Diffuser Augmented Turbine (DAWT) in the Wild
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Paul Gipe
What the photos clearly show is that the prototype has abandoned the lobed mixer-ejector feature that was the hallmark of the design—and the justification for the hype that this turbine would be the second coming that we’ve all waited for.
Good Neighbors Make Plugshare Work
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Paul Gipe
We’ve been contacted by EV drivers a few times about charging at our home here in Bakersfield, but none have showed up. That is, until John Rowell from Exeter called.
Investors Declare Independence from Utility Takeover–Form Coop to Rescue Defunct German Wind Developer
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Paul Gipe
In a stunning turn in the battle between corporate domination of renewable energy and community ownership, a cooperative of German investors has rescued defunct commercial wind developer Prokon.
Notice: Tables of Feed-in Tariffs Worldwide No Longer Being Updated
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Paul Gipe
Please note that I am no longer updating the Tables of Feed-in Tariffs Worldwide. If anyone would like to assume responsibility for updating these tables, please send me a message.
Windmill Wildflower Hike Video Stars Locals
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Paul Gipe
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has posted a video on youtube.com covering the 2015 Windmill-Wildflower hike sponsored by the local chapter of the Sierra Club. The 2015 hike celebrated the 30th year that the hike has been held.
EV Trip Report: Bakersfield to Grover Beach Revisited & Summary
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Paul Gipe
As we’ve become more experienced, we’ve become bolder. On this trip we used our new Jesla EVSE—a portable charge cable—to charge quicker, and we took some shortcuts we avoided on the first trip. We also used more quick chargers than before—and they all worked as advertised.
EV Trip Report: Bakersfield to Visalia
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Paul Gipe
We planned another excursion in our 2015 Nisssan Leaf, an Electric Vehicle (EV). This time we planned to join friends for dinner in Visalia to the north of Bakersfield in the heart to the San Joaquin Valley.
