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Preben Maegaard<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Hjem <\/a>\/ About us <\/a>\/ Preben Maegaard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preben Maegaard<\/strong>, born 1935, was a Danish renewable energy pioneer, author and expert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the oil crisis in 1974, he has worked locally, nationally and internationally at the organizational, political and technological level for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Since 1979 he covered many charges in renewable energy institutions and associations, both nationally and internationally; he served several Danish national governmental committees and councils for the development and implementation of renewable energy and he was also Renewable Energy Adviser for some foreign countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1984 to 2013 he was director of the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy. In this capacity he was responsible for the technological innovation of wind turbines, including design, construction and implementation of sizes between 20 to 525 kW. He was involved in the development of farm biogas digesters (from 50 to 1.000 m3), as well as of integrated energy systems
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The Folkecenter has, under his leadership, provided transfer of renewable energy technology to many countries, and set up numerous pilot projects worldwide. As part of these activities hundred of dedicated trainees from all continents have been involved and obtained valuable hand-on experiences that paved the way for dedicated and leading positions in their professional career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For over three decades Preben was a conference director, organizer, speaker and participant to numerous national and international seminars, workshops and conferences. His activity as author and co-author led him to produce numerous reports, books, articles and periodicals in Danish, English, German and Japanese within the field of renewable energy and sustainable development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preben died quietly in his sleep at the age of 85, after a long illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Born September 25, 1935, Preben Maegaard was a Danish renewable energy pioneer, author and expert. Since the oil crisis in 1974 he has worked for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preben Maegaard was co-founder of the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, established in 1983, and its director from 1984 to 2013 (www.folkecenter.net<\/a>). In this capacity he was responsible for the technological innovation of wind turbines, including design, construction and implementation of sizes from 20 to 525 kW, farm biogas digesters from 50 to 1000 m3<\/sup> as well as integrated energy systems including hydrogen and biofuels for transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technological development and implementation activities took place in cooperation with DS Trade and Industry (www.ds-net.dk<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Folkecenter has under his leadership provided transfer of renewable energy technology to many countries, and set up numerous pilot projects worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preben Maegaard worked locally, nationally and internationally organisational, political and technological levels within a broad spectrum of renewable energy technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From 1979 to 1984 Preben Maegaard was chairman of the Danish Renewable Energy Association (OVE), since 1991, vice-president of EUROSOLAR (the European Renewable Energy Association) and in 2006, appointed senior vice-president. Since 1992 he has been co-ordinator of the European Solar Prize in Denmark and member of the European Solar Prize Jury. In 1995 he became Member of Senate, UTER, Technical University, Havana. In 1996 and the following years, Preben Maegaard was member of the board of EUROSUN, an intergroup set up by the European Parliament. Since 1999, he has been a board member of the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF) and Renewable Energy Adviser to the President of Mali, Alpha Konare, leading to the establishment of the Mali Folkecenter. In 2001, he became a chairperson of the Committee of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) was founded in 2001, he became its first president, a position he held till 2005. In May 2006, the World Wind Energy Institute (WWEI) was initiated in Kingston, Canada, involving seven institutes from China, Brazil, Cuba, Canada, Russia, Egypt and Denmark. Preben Maegaard was appointed the first president of the WWEI. He was co-founder of the SolarSuperState Association when it was founded in 2012 and became its first president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Preben Maegaard has served on several Danish national governmental committees and councils for the development and implementation of renewable energy as member of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renewable Energy Steering Group (1981-1991);<\/p>\n\n\n\n