Articles by
Paul Gipe

Eric Way’s Epic 1,000 Mile One-Day Road Trip Driving a Bolt
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Paul Gipe
Who said you can’t take a road trip in a Chevy Bolt? Sure, by today’s standards its fast charging is downright pokey at 55 kW max. But if you know what you’re doing—and Way does—you can make it work.
See Way’s report on how and why he did it on YouTube at 2017 Chevy Bolt EV: Driving 1,000 Miles In A Day. Yes, he did it in one day—a long day, but one day driving from northern California to a new charging hub near LAX and back.

Wind: An Energy Alternative–Video Blast from the Past
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Paul Gipe
This is an update of an article I first posted in 10 November 2018. It follows on a series of articles about historical films of wind turbines. In 1980 the Department of Energy published a short film titled Wind: An Energy Alternative. The 12-minute film was produced by the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) probably in 1979.

New Videos on Historic Wind Turbines Posted
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Paul Gipe
I’ve updated a post from May 19, 2022 of three videos of historic wind turbines in operation: Ulrich Hütter’s StGW-34, ... Read more

PG&E Boeing Mod-2 Wind Turbine Removal Mark Haller
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Paul Gipe
I had this video digitized for its historical content from a video cassette provided by Mark Haller from his collection ... Read more

Video of NedWind Turbines Spinning in Palm Springs May 2024
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Paul Gipe
This is a 23 second video of NedWind wind turbines operating on the Whitewater Wash near Palm Springs, California in ... Read more

Wincon Wind Turbine Runaway San Gorgonio Pass Mark Haller
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Paul Gipe
This is a nearly 30-minute video of a Danish Wincon wind turbine running away in the San Gorgonio Pass some ... Read more

Enertech E44 Wind Turbine Runaway SeaWest Altamont Pass
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Paul Gipe
This is a 33-minute video of an Enertech E44 running in overspeed in the Altamont Pass in the late 1980s. ... Read more

Passerby Killed by Wind Turbine in Japan
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Paul Gipe
A cyclist was killed by falling wind turbine blade in Japan. To my knowledge this is the first case of ... Read more

Stop Burning Stuff Home Electrification
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Paul Gipe
Presentation for Kern County’s Nature Center at Hart Park for delivery Sunday 15 June on our journey to converting our ... Read more

More on Fayette Manufacturing and its One-Time Resurrection
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Paul Gipe
While archiving articles I’d written for the American Wind Energy Association’s newsletter, Wind Energy Weekly, I came across this one about Fayette’s restructuring in 1990. At the time I was the west coast representative for AWEA in Tehachapi. There’s not a lot on my web site about Fayette. (I do mention them in my books and in articles on capacity factor and how this figure of merit can be so misleading.) Consequently, for historical reference I am posting the article with the original date that I submitted it to AWEA. See Fayette Reborn in Major Restructuring.

Electrification: Is Complete–We No Longer Burn Stuff
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Paul Gipe
We’ve completed our journey to electrification that began shortly after Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in mid 2022. ... Read more

Electrification: Heat Pump Home Heating
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Paul Gipe
Formerly, we heated our home with fossil gas as nearly 50% of American families still do.[1] After powering a conventional ... Read more
