Articles by
Paul Gipe
Éoliennes: Quand le vent nous eclaire (Wind Turbines: When the wind lights our way) by Philippe Ollivier
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Paul Gipe
Ollivier is a journalist living in southern France’s Languedoc-Roussillion region, the country’s premier wind resource area. As a journalist, Ollivier ... Read more
Choosing Windpower by Hugh Piggott
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Paul Gipe
Hugh Piggott is one of the English-speaking world's true experts on small wind turbines, especially for off-the-grid applications.
Switching to Renewable Power by Volkmar Lauber–A Review
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Paul Gipe
Volkmar Lauber is one of the world’s pre-eminent academics specializing in renewable energy policy. Lauber, a professor political science at ... Read more
Renewable Energy Resources by John Twidell & Tony Weir
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Paul Gipe
Massive. That’s the first word that comes to mind when picking up the 600-page tome by John Twidell and Tony ... Read more
Krieg um Öl oder Frieden durch die Sonne (War over Oil or Peace through the Sun)
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Paul Gipe
Yes, Franz Alt’s powerful little book is in German. And yes there’s perhaps only 100 million native German speakers in ... Read more
Wind Energy: Technology and Planning CD-ROM
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Paul Gipe
The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) issued a bilingual CD-ROM on wind energy at its New Delhi conference in 2006.
Energy Balance of Wind Turbines
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Paul Gipe
Adapted from Wind Energy Comes of Age, by Paul Gipe, John Wiley & Sons, 1995. All rights reserved. Much ... Read more
Roof Top Windsave in Scotland
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Paul Gipe
Stewart C. Russell sent these photos of a Windsave installation in Scotland. The turbine is near his parents house and is installed on an expensive home. Note the sheltering effect from both the building and nearby trees. The good news is that this turbine should last a very long time because it won't produce much electricity in this location.
RENEW Calls for Advanced Renewable Tariffs in Wisconsin, Becoming the First NGO in US to Call for a Full-Featured Electricity Feed Law
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Paul Gipe
RENEW Wisconsin filed testimony with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission on September 18, 2006 calling for implementation of Advanced ... Read more
Vanessa Skarski’s Account of Her Father’s Death on a Small Wind Turbine
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Paul Gipe
Robert Skarski died in 1993 while installing a small wind turbine at his Illinois home. He was killed when the tower he was on buckled and fell to the ground.
Performance-Based Incentives and Renewable Tariffs for Photovoltaics in the USA
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Paul Gipe
Currently Washington State, Wisconsin, New Mexico, and now California offer some form of Performance-Based Incentives (PBI) for solar PV-generated ... Read more
British Conservatives Begin Discussion of Feed Law
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Paul Gipe
For North American’s it’s seems unthinkable. Maybe it’s a sign of the seriousness of the energy situation confronting the ... Read more
