Articles by
Paul Gipe
Some Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) Resources on the Web
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Paul Gipe
In preparing for a review of a Sandia report on its decades-long research on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs), especially ... Read more
FITs Most Successful Policy for Developing Wind Energy—GWEC Says
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Paul Gipe
Feed-in tariffs are the world’s most effective policy for developing wind energy said the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) this past summer. . .
Doubts About RPS as Renewable Policy Grow
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Paul Gipe
Jordan's recent move toward feed-in tariffs adds to the controversy surrounding the role of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) in future energy policy. The respected German Institute of Economics (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) has thrown fuel on the fire with two provocative new studies arguing in effect that feed-in tariffs are superior at reaching aggressive renewable targets. . .
Danish Renewable Generation Reaches 40% of Supply
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Paul Gipe
Danish release statistics on the growth of renewables and the continuing decline in Carbon emissions. . .
Greece Sees Impressive Solar PV Growth Despite Banking Crisis
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Paul Gipe
Despite on the ongoing financial tragedy that has gripped Greece for the past three years, the country has risen Phoenix-like from the ashes to become one of the world’s largest markets for solar photovoltaics (solar PV). . .
Dawn of a New Day–Grocery Shopping in Oildale
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Paul Gipe
More on the changes brought by the closure of our local grocery story. . .
Small Near-shore Wind May be Cheaper Than Far Offshore Wind Says Danish Study
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Paul Gipe
Opens Up New Possibility for Community Ownership Danish researchers have uncovered surprising results in a study of offshore wind ... Read more
Death in the Family–Green Frog is Closing
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Paul Gipe
Comments on the closing of our local grocery store. . .
Schleswig-Holstein Will Double Wind Capacity on Land
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Paul Gipe
Nearly 2% of Land Area Set Aside for Wind Energy Not 100%, Not 200%, But 300% Renewable Energy by 2020 ... Read more
Community-Owned Renewables in Germany’s Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog
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Paul Gipe
Pioneers of the Bürger (Citizen’s) Wind Movement A model for a Renewable Future and an Engaged Population The Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog is ... Read more
Nordfriesland–Germany’s Community Wind Capital
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Paul Gipe
The model community of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog is located within the kreis or county of Nordfriesland in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Nordfriesland has 166,000 inhabitants within its 2,050 square kilometers. . .
Henning Holst’s Short History of the Danish Wind Industry
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Paul Gipe
Henning Holst is one of Germany's pioneering community wind developers. Located in the center of the wind energy universe in Husum (the gray city by the sea) in northwestern Germany, he was there at the creation. . .
