Articles by
Paul Gipe
Tiered Pricing of Renewable Tariffs for Wind Energy
By
Paul Gipe
One of the continuing problems with wind energy has been the rush to windy sites. This was as true ... Read more
Renewable Electricity Generation Policy Mechanisms for the New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
By
Paul Gipe
Related Files eeca_renewable_energy_policy_mechanism_ver_06-pdf
Toronto’s WindShare Coop
By
Paul Gipe
North America’s first truly urban wind turbine is located on the grounds of the Canadian National Exposition, the CNE or ... Read more
Wolfgang Paulsen, Bohmstedt, and Butendiek
By
Paul Gipe
Wolfgang Paulsen is one of the owners of a Bürger wind project in the far northwest of Schleswig-Holstein near ... Read more
Josef Pesch–Strom Rebel of Freiburg
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Paul Gipe
Pesch was named a strom (electricity) rebel by Elektritzitätswerke Schönau (EWS) in 2005 and that was a good reason for ... Read more
Landowner Leases & Royalty Payments
By
Paul Gipe
An overview of royalty payments for wind energy in selected countries. . .
Observations on Bürgerbeteiligung–German Share Cooperatives–by Henning Holst
By
Paul Gipe
I first met Henning Holst in the late 1980s or early 1990s when he was developing citizen-owned wind projects ... Read more
Samsø: Denmark’s Renewable Energy Island
By
Paul Gipe
Samsø is a 112 square kilometers island off the east coast of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula. Home to 4,300 residents, ... Read more
Renewable Energy Policy Mechanisms
By
Paul Gipe
Renewable Tariffs have proven the most successful mechanism for stimulating
investment in renewable electricity generation worldwide. Renewable Tariffs
have resulted in more installed generating capacity and more robust competition
among manufacturers and have stimulated more
Le Haut des Ailes: France’s First Large-Scale Cooperative Wind Plant
By
Paul Gipe
Some of the RePower turbines in Le Haut des Ailes near Igny, Lorraine, France. Photo by Paul Gipe We were ... Read more
Generator Ratings & Capacity Factors: Why You Should Avoid Them
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Paul Gipe
Newcomers to wind energy and even some old-timers who should know better often equate the size of a wind turbine to it's generator rating. A Vestas V80 for example is rated at 1.8 MW; a V82 is rated at 1.65 MW. While this is may be a useful shorthand among those unfamiliar with wind energy, the use of generator size leads to a host of problems when evaluating the technology.
