Articles by
Paul Gipe

Mid-Size Turbines a Have Big Advantage in Output Relative to Visual Impact
By
Paul Gipe
No, that’s not mere click bait. That’s the argument Geoff Henderson makes in a provocative paper on wind turbine size and the landscape impact of wind turbines.

32nd Windmill-Wildflower Hike Planned for Tehachapi 20 May 2017
By
Paul Gipe
The Kern-Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club will lead a hike among the wind turbines on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) at 9:00 am on Saturday May 20, 2017 near Tehachapi, California.

Kudos for Gipe’s Wind Energy from the Poul la Cour Foundation
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Paul Gipe
The current newsletter of the Poul la Cour Foundation offers kudos for the new book by Paul Gipe, Wind Energy for the Rest of Us.

The Book for Wind Geeks: Wind Energy for the Rest of Us Digital Edition
By
Paul Gipe
The digital version of Wind Energy for the Rest of Us is now available for download. This is the version of the book for true wind geeks as it offers photographic detail not seen any other way.

California’s Clean Fuel Rebate for Electric Vehicles—What a Deal
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Paul Gipe
It’s a deal almost too good to be true: Get paid to drive an electric car.

Clarkson Attempts Ducted Turbines—Again
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Paul Gipe
Despite its previous association with a questionable wind turbine and its promoter, Clarkson University announced that the school in upstate New York has transferred ducted wind turbine technology developed on campus to a private company for commercialization.
TAM Energy Still Spinning WindTronics Hype–Will This Thing Ever Die?
By
Paul Gipe
Honeywell WindTronics may be dead but that doesn’t stop others from spinning the WindTronics hype.
WindTronics Took Millions from Ontario Then Unconvincingly Blames the Province
By
Paul Gipe
“The province gave the company $2.7 million to open in Windsor — under one condition. The company promised there would be 200 workers in the plant by the end of this year. That is now very unlikely,” said the CBC.

Bare Breasts and Windmills—Oh, My!
By
Paul Gipe
Fans of my work with wind energy have often joked that my books would have a larger audience if they had some sex in them--or at least a bare breast.

We Have Books–Wind Energy for the Rest of Us Now Available
By
Paul Gipe
More correctly, the Chelsea Green warehouse has books. They arrived 9 November all 2,150 copies.

Solar Charging an Electric Vehicle—on the Road
By
Paul Gipe
John Rowell likes to push boundaries. Rowell, the man behind EVSEadapters.com pushed his Nissan Leaf, a mass-market electric vehicle (EV), to the end of Mineral King National Park and had to coast back down to the San Joaquin Valley to regain enough charge to make it home. That’s how I came to know him.

New DC Fast Charger in South Bakersfield & Delano
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Paul Gipe
At long last there is another DC Fast Charger (DCFC) in Bakersfield. For many years the only DCFC station in the Bakersfield metropolitan area was at the Nissan Dealer in Gasoline Alley.
