Articles by

Paul Gipe

Palo Alto Proposes Limited Solar Feed-in Tariff

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Paul Gipe

  Palo Alto’s municipal utility has proposed a limited feed-in tariff program for solar photovoltaics (solar PV) only. The California ... Read more

Conservative Hoover Institution to Recommend Evaluating Feed-in Tariffs in US

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Paul Gipe

  In a striking illustration that support for feed-in tariffs comes from both the right and the left, both Republicans ... Read more

Pakistan Regulator Seeks Approval of Feed-in Tariffs for Wind

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Paul Gipe

Two-tier Tariff System Proposed--First in Developing World

Maldives May Launch Solar Feed in Tariff

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Paul Gipe

  The Maldives, an Indian Ocean archipelago of 300,000 inhabitants, may be moving towards a system of feed-tariffs for solar ... Read more

Summary of Sophisticated Sri Lankan Tariffs

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Paul Gipe

  In 2010, Sri Lanka launched a sophisticated program of feed-in tariffs. Sri Lanka now has some of the highest ... Read more

Tables of Renewable Tariffs or Feed-In Tariffs Worldwide

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Paul Gipe

  These tables summarize tariffs for different technologies in different countries, and various states and provinces. The tables may also ... Read more
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Snapshot of Feed-in Tariffs around the World in 2011

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Paul Gipe

Updated Tables of Feed-in Tariffs Worldwide Summary of Prices for Wind, Solar, Geothermal, & Other Technologies

Rhode Island Posts Proposed Tariffs–Meets Deadline

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Paul Gipe

  In record time, the government of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations has posted proposed feed-in tariffs for renewable energy. ... Read more

SolarShare on the Map–How Renewable Energy–Especially Solar–Can Become More Transparent

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Paul Gipe

Now I can point to another shining example of how to develop renewable energy responsibly and transparently: SolarShare.

Germany Continues Exporting Electricity–Renewables Driving Down Power Prices–Despite Closing Reactors

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Paul Gipe

  Recent data shows Germany continues to export electricity despite closing seven nuclear reactors. Meanwhile Bloomberg reports that continued renewable ... Read more
Possibly as many as two dozen dyocore 1.2 meter diameter wind turbines atop two adjoined buildings in morro bay, california.

DyoCore and Why the Rating of Small Turbines Remains a Black Art

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Paul Gipe

Despite my best efforts, I've been dragged into the DyoCore flap here in California. I successfully ignored Mick Sagrillo's plea to write something. I successfully ignored DyoCore's request to get involved on their behalf. Now the staff of the California Energy Commission (CEC) has weighed in asking me to clarify my statements.

Steen Aagaard’s Crippling Fall

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Paul Gipe

"Two Hurt in Turbine Accident" blared the headline in the Bakersfield Californian on Saturday, 23 October, 1999.