Upwind tower, downwind power / Paul Gipe ; interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap.
Interview with Paul Gipe, author of Wind Power for Home and Business. Gipe suggests that there is a role for household micro-turbines and hybrid solar/wind systems to augment large turbine use by utility companies. Improved turbine design and more aesthetic configurations give wind farms greater usefulness and acceptability. He points out that schools and other institutions, as well as individual consumers, should consider wind power.|UPWIND TOWER, DOWNWIND POWER / Paul Gip| interviewed and produced by Barbar Dunlap. SERIES: New signals - Interview with Paul Gipe, author of Wind Power for Home and Business. Gipe suggests that there is a role for houshold micro-turbines and hybrid solar/wind systems to augment large turbine use by utility companies. Improved turbine design and more aesthetic configurations give wind farms greater usefulness and acceptability. He points out that schools and other institutions, as well as individual consumers, should consider wind power. - BROADCAST: KPFK, 16 May 1994.