{"id":4738,"date":"2022-07-05T08:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T08:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/?page_id=4738"},"modified":"2022-08-10T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T08:41:02","slug":"tribute-to-preben-maegaard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/da\/tribute-to-preben-maegaard\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyldest til Preben Maegaard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hyldest til Preben Maegaard<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Har du et (eller flere) billede af Preben, som du vil gerne dele med os? S\u00e5 er du velkommen til at sende det til <a href=\"mailto:dp@folkecenter.dk\">dp@folkecenter.dk<\/a> (emne: Billede af Preben). Skriv hvor og hvorn\u00e5r er billede fra. Tak p\u00e5 forh\u00e5nd.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Videohyldest til Preben Maegaard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\"><small>Produceret af Carl-A. Fecher og fechnerMedia teamet.<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Im Gedenken an unseren Freund \/ til minde om vores ven Preben Margaard (1935-2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/530324515?h=940b2b7d41&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/530324515\">Im Gedenken an unseren Freund \/ til minde om vores ven Preben Margaard (1935-2021)<\/a> fra <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/fechnermedia\">fechnerMEDIA GmbH<\/a> p\u00e5 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column myPadding has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Note ifmb. begravelse: I stedet for blomster, vil \u00f8konomiske bidrag til Mali Folkecenter blive hjerteligt v\u00e6rdsat.<br><br><strong>Projekt \"Lys over Mali\", IBAN: DK6384010001535592<br>SWIFT: MEKUDK21<\/strong><br><br>Ved bankoverf\u00f8rsel til f\u00f8lgende konto:<br><strong>Reg.nr. 8401, kontonr. 000 1535592<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Thank you very much.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sang for Preben<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\"><small>29. marts 2021, Nordisk Folkecenter for Vedvarende Energi<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"4767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben7.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben7.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben7-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben7-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"4768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben8.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben8.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben8-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben8-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"4769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben9.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben9.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben9-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben9-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"402\" data-id=\"4765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben6.1.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben6.1.png 672w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben6.1-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben6.1-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Begravelse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\"><small>3. april 2021, Sdr. Ydby<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"4770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben10.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben10.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben10-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben10-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"4771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben11.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben11.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben11-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben11-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"4772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben12.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben12.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben12-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben12-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"4773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben13.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben13.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben13-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben13-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Neds\u00e6ttelse af Prebens aske<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\"><small>25. septebmer 2021, Faaborg<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" data-id=\"4774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben14.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben14.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben14-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben14-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" data-id=\"4775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben15.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben15.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben15-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben15-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" data-id=\"4776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben16.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben16.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben16-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben16-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" data-id=\"4777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben17.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben17.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben17-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben17-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" data-id=\"4778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben18.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben18.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben18-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben18-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" data-id=\"4779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.eu\/Trial-CMS6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben19.png\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard's funeral\" class=\"wp-image-4779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben19.png 700w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben19-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Preben19-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andres ord om Preben Maegaard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vi er meget be\u00e6rede og taknemmelige for opm\u00e6rksomheden ved Prebens d\u00f8d og begravelse. Nedenfor kan du l\u00e6se nogle artikler, som er skrevet om Preben, som en hyldest. Tusind tak. For at bevare ordlyden har vi valgt ikke at overs\u00e6tte artiklerne til dansk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World Wind Energy Associations artikel om Preben <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wwindea.org\/preben-maegaard-passed-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">G\u00e5 til den originale artikel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wwindea.org\/preben-maegaard-passed-away\/\" title=\"Preben Maegaard on the World Wind Energy Association's page\" width=\"100%;\" height=\"700px;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul Gipes artikel om Preben<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/preben-maegaardthe-father-folkecenter-has-died-paul-gipe\/?trackingId=v4UyTF6NQxK1nYE9r0PN0w%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">G\u00e5 til den originale artikel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preben Maegaard\u2014the Father of the Folkecenter&#8211;Has Died<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808261890-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard next to Folkecenter's Tvind blade\" class=\"wp-image-4838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808261890-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808261890-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808261890-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808261890-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808261890.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Preben_Maegaard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preben Maegaard<\/a> died 25 March 2021. He was 84.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\" id=\"myText\">His death likely won&#8217;t mean much to most North Americans. After all he wasn&#8217;t a household name like reality TV stars Caitlyn Jenner or Kanye West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Our future and that of the planet may very well depend on the work he and other Danish pioneers of wind energy did in the early days. He was a visionary among visionaries at a time when the establishment of the day called them crazy, unrealistic, and naive&#8211;among the more polite terms used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Now we consider them prescient. Wind works. It can be found everywhere, not just in Denmark. Now you can find commercial wind energy spinning out clean electricity in&#8211;of all places&#8211;my central Indiana hometown. Even the President of the United States announces&#8211;to much laudatory fanfare&#8211;that a country long a laggard in renewable energy development will make wind a centerpiece of the country&#8217;s efforts to combat climate change. Preben wasn&#8217;t here to see it, but he can rest in peace knowing that he had a role in making that announcement, and the many more like it, come to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Among his many credits, Preben was a co-founder of Denmark&#8217;s Folkecenter for Renewable Energy with his partner Jane Kruse. He invited me to join the Folkecenter fraternity two decades ago and it was one of the high points of my career. Living and working in Denmark among the people who gave the world modern wind energy was the experience of a lifetime for me and Nancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Preben soon became a mentor. He was constant. He never lost hope that we\u2014all of us\u2014could make a difference. When I despaired that our work was being sabotaged by the forces of the status quo, he kept plugging away, trying to find a way around the obstructionists. He could see the big picture and look beyond the nibbling of doubt that bedevils us mere mortals.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808361398-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard in Folkecenter's wind museum\" class=\"wp-image-4839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808361398-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808361398-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808361398-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808361398-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808361398.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Preben could talk your ear off in English, German, or his native Dansk. I once rode with him and a van full of Canadian activists across the Maritimes. He got into conversation shortly after we left the hotel with Volker Thomson, a German of Danish descent and a good talker himself. They never stopped. The rest of us went to sleep and when we awoke they were still at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Preben could talk because he had something to say. He was a busy man, but he always made time to talk to people. I asked him about it in my last interview with him in the fall of 2012. He answered that he could always tell a good listener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">I like to think that he also believed in the pebble in the pond analogy. You never know where the ripples might take an idea. Talking to the one right person could make all the difference in seeing a once outlandish concept, such as wind power, become the norm.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808410103-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard in Folkecenter's wind museum\" class=\"wp-image-4840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808410103-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808410103-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808410103-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808410103-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808410103.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Preben was a missionary of sustainability and the Folkecenter was in many ways a secular monastery. We shared housing. We shared meals. And we shared a dream that renewable energy would one day replace fossil fuels. That dream is slowly coming to fruition because of the nurturing of people like Preben who dedicated their lives to seeing it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">I feature Preben in my most recent book in part because he was there at the creation. I show a picture of him standing in front of a Tvind blade he proudly displayed at the Folkecenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center myText\">For those who don&#8217;t know, Tvind was the Danish <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wind-works.org\/cms\/index.php?id=631&amp;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=5885&amp;cHash=79a8e65b27f779bfbc18013471bf070a\" target=\"_blank\">giant that shook the world of wind<\/a> in the late 1970s. The blade design they used saved the wind industry from oblivion and led tiny Denmark to dominate wind energy to the present. Fittingly, the wind turbine at Tvind is still operating today more than 42 years after it was installed while all the other giants of its day have long gone to the scrapyard.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808437231-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard in Folkecenter's wind museum\" class=\"wp-image-4841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808437231-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808437231-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808437231-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808437231-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808437231.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">We owe the survival of wind energy to a meeting&#8211;a <em>Vindtr\u00e6f<\/em>&#8211;in 1978 of a small group who had the temerity to demand that manufacturers build wind turbines that had a reliable and fail-safe means for aerodynamically protecting the rotor from destruction. The nerve. Imagine demanding that companies build wind turbines that work. Such radicals. That group included Preben, the now famous wind turbine designer Henrik Stiesdal, and Erik Gove-Nielsen who took the Tvind blade design and adapted it to the budding industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Preben and his co-conspirators saw that wind energy would only work when the wind turbines lasted long enough to pay off their investment. This seems patently obvious today, but it wasn&#8217;t always so. This cabal of non-conformists could see what was needed when others&#8211;the technological gatekeepers of the day&#8211;could not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of visionary thinking was brought home to me when I listened to back-to-back presentations by Preben and Johannes Lackmann, a pioneer of community-owned wind energy in Germany. (There&#8217;s another radical concept: owning the wind and the wind turbines yourself.) Independent of each other and without coordination before hand both had reached the same conclusion. To address climate change and energy security, we must move well beyond 100% renewable energy in electricity supply and build an integrated network capable of using more than 150% renewable energy, up to as much as 300% renewable energy to offset fossil fuels in transportation, and heating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">In other words, the then radical idea in the mid 2000s of moving to 100% renewable energy wasn&#8217;t nearly enough. It was a stunning moment. There was a subtle buzz in the audience as the idea sunk in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Preben was a font of wind lore. I remember him proudly showing me the collection of historic Danish wind turbines and components of <em>Danmarks Vindkrafthistoriske Samling <\/em>he stored in a dedicated building at the Folkecenter. It was a wind geek&#8217;s dream. I felt like a kid in a candy store. Here was the &#8220;iron,&#8221; as we say, that made the world of wind energy a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Preben kept at it long after others would have retired. He proselytized to the end. Preben was struck down with a stroke bringing the gospel of renewable energy to a conference in North Africa. He had been in ill health since.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808455211-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"Preben Maegaard in Folkecenter's wind museum\" class=\"wp-image-4842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808455211-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808455211-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808455211-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808455211-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1619808455211.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">Preben was a man who made a difference. That&#8217;s the most any of us can wish for\u2014a life well lived and of consequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"myText\">We&#8217;ll miss him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#ff0000\">Farvel Preben<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><small>25.09.1935 &#8211; 25.03.2021<\/small><\/h3>\n\n\n            <div class=\"mgbc mgb-carousel 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85 \u00e5r gammel. Preben sov stille ind efter l\u00e6ngere tids sygdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/08.Preben-is-dead.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">Read the press release (EN)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.folkecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/08.Preben-er-dod.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">L\u00e6s pressemeddelelsen (DA)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center translation-block\"><strong>D\u00f8dsanonce<\/strong><br>Min samarbejdspartner og mand,<br>vedvarende energiekspert, forfatter og forstander emeritus<br>Preben Maegaard<br>F\u00f8dt 25. september 1935 p\u00e5 \u00c6r\u00f8<br>D\u00f8d 25. marts 2021 i Thy<br>Gl\u00e6de at vokse i din k\u00e6rlighed<br><em>Jane<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Mandag den 29. marts kl. 11 synger vi Preben fra Nordisk Folkecenteret L\u00f8rdag den 3. april kl. 11 er der bis\u00e6ttelse ved Ydby Kirke. Corona-virussen g\u00f8r, at kun inviterede kan deltage.<br>Note ifmb. begravelse: I stedet for blomster, vil \u00f8konomiske bidrag til Mali Folkecenter blive hjerteligt v\u00e6rdsat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Projekt \"Lys over Mali\", IBAN: DK6384010001535592<br>SWIFT: MEKUDK21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Ved bankoverf\u00f8rsel til f\u00f8lgende konto:<br><strong>Reg.nr. 8401, kontonr. 000 1535592<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tribute to Preben Maegaard If you have any picture of Preben you would like to share, you are welcome to send them to dp@folkecenter.dk (subject: Picture Preben). 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