Books Reviews by Paul Gipe

I have an extensive library on wind energy and energy policy. A number of these books I’ve reviewed over the years. Not all are in English, my native language. Nonetheless, I’ve reviewed some books in German, French, and Danish because I think it’s important to hear what these authors have to say about wind development in their countries.

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Gipe’s New Wind Book Making the Rounds

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Wind Energy for the Rest of Us, Paul Gipe’s new book on wind energy is finally hitting the streets. Complimentary copies of the 560-page tome are reaching the first group of colleagues and reviewers in Canada, the USA, and Europe.

Energy Democracy: Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables

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Craig Morris and Arne Jungjohann

Energy Democracy traces the origins of the Energiewende movement in Germany from protests against the industrialization of rural communities in the 1970s to the Power Rebels of Schönau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shutdown of eight nuclear power plants following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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We Have Books–Wind Energy for the Rest of Us Now Available

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Paul Gipe

More correctly, the Chelsea Green warehouse has books. They arrived 9 November all 2,150 copies.

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We Have a Ship Date–Wind Energy for the Rest of Us

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Paul Gipe

Ok, we did have a previous ship date. Printed copies of Wind Energy for the Rest of Us were to arrive in the warehouse at the end of October. Obviously, that didn’t happen–and for good reason. I called a halt

Toronto’s Windshare Cooperative. Windshare’s More Than 400 Members Own One Half Of The Wind Turbine. Toronto Hydro, The Municipal Utility Owns The Other Half. The Lagerwey 52 Meter (170 Foot) Diameter Wind Turbine Stands At A Prominent Location Overlooking The Gardiner Expressway In Canada’s Largest City. The First Urban Wind Turbine In North America, It Has Became A Beacon For Renewable Energy Advocates Across The Continent. 2009.

Wind Opus A Step Closer to Completion: Contract for Printing

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Paul Gipe

Who knew that printing a book would be so complicated? Yes, writing, designing, and editing a book are difficult. That’s expected. But picking out paper weights?

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Library of Congress Number Assigned to Wind Energy for the Rest of Us

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Paul Gipe

The Library of Congress has assigned the Control Number 2016912305 for the title. The process isn’t complete until a printed copy of the book is received by the Library of Congress. We don’t expect books to be shipped until October.

Proofread Book Returned to Designer for Final Changes

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Paul Gipe

The proofreader dropped the marked up manuscript in my lap the Friday evening of Memorial Day weekend—all 550 pages of Wind Energy for the Rest of Us.

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Wind Energy for the Rest of Us First Page Proofs

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Paul Gipe

The good news is that with a smaller font size and tighter leading (the space between lines) than in my previous books, Holm has been able to substantially reduce the number of printed pages from that expected.

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Windpower by Christopher Gillis–A Review

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It’s no small sign of wind energy’s success that you can’t keep up with the steady stream of books in English–even when you’re into books on wind energy. It’s even more problematic is you spread your net wider to catch books on the topic in Danish, Swedish, French, and German.

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Assigned ISBNs to Wind Energy for the Rest of Us

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Paul Gipe

Big step in the long road to publishing my new book: Wind Energy for the Rest of Us. Today I assigned the ISBN numbers to the digital and print version. Each version of the book has its own distinct ISBN number.