Articles by
Paul Gipe
Level 2 Charge Station Coming to Tehachapi this Summer
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Paul Gipe
The City of Tehachapi plans to install a Level 2 commercial charge station near City Hall sometime this summer, says Chris Kirk, assistant city manager. When installed, the station will double the number of charge locations in Tehachapi.
EV Trip Report: Bakersfield to Glenville
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Paul Gipe
It was a beautiful day and there was a report of abundant wildflowers on the road to Woody. Glenville is beyond Woody and we thought we’d test our Leaf’s range once again in the foothills east of Bakersfield.
EV Trip Report: Bakersfield to Tehachapi
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Paul Gipe
On Sunday Nancy & I drove our car to Tehachapi from Bakersfield, California. That in itself isn’t significant. Thousands of cars and trucks climb the 4,000 feet from the San Joaquin Valley to the Tehachapi Pass everyday. What is unusual is that we drove the 45 miles in our 2015 Nissan Leaf, an electric car.
Charging an EV at Tehachapi’s Mountain Valley RV Park
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Paul Gipe
Recreational Vehicle (RV) parks with NEMA 14-50 receptacles are popular with drivers of Electric Vehicles (EVs) where no EV-specific chargers exist—as is the case between Bakersfield and Mojave, California. These outlets provide 240 volts at up to 40 amps of continuous current, equivalent to that from EV-specific chargers.
First Quick Charge–Wow That Was Fast
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Paul Gipe
We’d have to agree with JP White in Nashville after his first quick charge: Awesome.
The Unknown Wind Turbine of San Francisco Bay or Angel Island State Park’s Enertech E44
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Paul Gipe
Yes, there’s a wind turbine in San Francisco Bay. It’s probably one of only two commercial wind turbines in all ... Read more
Bay Area Wind Turbines (No, the Other Bay)
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Paul Gipe
Boston and the communities around Boston Harbor have more commercial wind turbines than the entire San Francisco Bay, including one ... Read more
Argument for a California Community Feed-in Tariff or ComFIT
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Paul Gipe
The solar, wind, and geothermal resources of the state of California are the people’s resource, and they should have a ... Read more
Buying an Electric Vehicle Mail Order: Or Why we bought our Leaf from Petaluma and Not Bakersfield
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Paul Gipe
Ok, it wasn’t quite mail order. Most of the transaction was done over the phone and via email, but we bought a car, an Electric Vehicle (EV), in a very untraditional manner.
30th Annual Windmill-Wildflower Hike Planned for Tehachapi May 9th
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Paul Gipe
Tehachapi’s Windmill-Wildflower Hike is one of the longest-running such events anywhere in the world. Nearly a thousand people, from children to octogenarians, have taken the six-mile walk across Cameron Ridge since the event was first launched.
Wind into the Grid–A Review
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Paul Gipe
Wind into the Grid by Günther Hacker is an E-book in English about his experience trying to use a small wind turbine for his home in Germany.
2014 Wind & Solar Generation in France Less than 5%
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Paul Gipe
In comparison to its European neighbors, France has fallen off the renewable energy bandwagon, according to the most recent report ... Read more
