Articles by

Paul Gipe

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Wind Farm, Wind Plant, Wind Power Plant—Not Wind Parks

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Paul Gipe

In American and British English "park" connotes recreational enclaves or sylvan settings publicly protected from development. Arrays or clusters of multiple wind turbines are more correctly described as wind power plants. During the 1970s utilities in North America envisioned building "energy parks" of multiple nuclear reactors. Propagandists for the utilities deliberately chose the term "parks" to mislead public debate. Continued use of the term "wind park" by the wind industry may be construed as a similar attempt to deceive the public.
Paul Gipe at Wulf Test Field beginning installation of Air micro turbine. Bergey 850 in background.

Wulf Test Field Site Description

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Paul Gipe

Since 1997 Paul Gipe and Nancy Nies have used the site to gain experience installing and operating small wind turbines, to measure small turbine performance and noise emissions, and to experiment with various erosion control products and practices.

Wind Turbine Market Overview (Windkraftanlagen 1996 Marktübersicht)

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Paul Gipe

Gesselschaft  für Windenergie to become the Bundesverband Wind Energie (German Wind Turbine Owners Association) since this article was written. In ... Read more

Windkraftanlagen Enters Third Printing

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Paul Gipe

The third printing of the 1993 book “Windkraftanlagen” (Wind Turbines) was issued by B.G. Teugner of Stuttgart in the spring ... Read more
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Remarks by Paul Gipe at the Dedication of EDON’s Wind Plant at Eemshaven, the Netherlands

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Paul Gipe

May 29, 1996 I’d like to express my thanks to Mr. Witvliet and Mr. Jans for the invitation to join ... Read more

Remarks by Paul Gipe at the Dedication of EDON’s Wind Plant at Eemshaven, the Netherlands

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Paul Gipe

With the completion of this wind plant, events have come full circle. The flow of visitors seeking information about wind energy has reversed. The intellectual, technical, and may I say "moral" momentum has shifted from the United States to Europe.

Kenetech Windpower (U.S. Windpower) citations in Wind Energy Comes of Age

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Paul Gipe

Kenetech Windpower (U.S. Windpower), one of the world’s largest wind companies, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 1996.  Below ... Read more

Der Spiegel Tackles Wind

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Paul Gipe

An early example of Der Spiegel's anti-renewables stance.
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Wind Energy in America: A History by Robert Righter

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Paul Gipe

"The free benefit of the wind ought not be denied to any man."
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Erosion Gullies in the Tehachapi Pass: An Example of Improper Wind Development

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Paul Gipe

  Note: This critique was originally written in 1996. Little has changed since then except on the former FloWind site ... Read more
Dan Juhl's V44s on the Buffalo Ridge, Woodstock, Minnesota, 1999.

A L’Etape de La Maturité: L’Énergie Éolienne

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Paul Gipe

L'énergie éolienne, aujourd'hui viable sur le plan commercial, peut combler une partie importante des besoins énergétiques. L'image qu'on se fait aujourd'hui de l'énergie éolienne n'a plus rien à voir avec la vision romantique du meunier aux cheveux blanchis par la farine ferlant les voiles de son moulin à vent. Cette source énergétique est devenue une réalité commerciale incontournable. Qu'il s'agisse de combler les besoins d'un nomade mongol, de paysannes puisant leur eau dans un puits au Maroc, d'un fermier du Minnesota, d'une coopérative au Danemark ou d'un travailleur de l'une des nombreuses éoliennes de Californie, l'électricité produite par la force des vents montre qu'un approvisionnement énergétique durable n'est plus un réve.

Presentation by Paul Gipe to the Government of Quebec on L’Energie Eolien dans le Monde

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Paul Gipe

Ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada