A grant of 10.000 € has been awarded to The Mills Archive Trust and the World Wind Energy Association for them to explore European-wide opportunities to preserve and share the history of wind energy and how innovators have applied the power of the wind to generate electricity. Nordic Folkecenter supports the project.
Mapping the history of wind energy
Jane Kruse, Director of Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, believes this project to be of great importance for future research and development within the field of wind energy:
“The project addresses a challenge, which it’s very important to take care of, within the field of wind energy; to preserve and protect the history. This project paves the way for understanding the development and challenges of wind energy through time, and thereby equipping professionals to learn from history, and work towards a future, where wind energy technologies add even more value to the world.”
The outcome of the project is an interactive map where countries, sites, people and documents about the development of wind energy are pointed out and connected for future generations to find research and information, and that is an important outcome of the project, Jane Kruse states:
“This is important, because the history of wind energy is made visible for educational institutions to use in educating future professionals in the field. Education is our most important asset in creating a better future with renewable energies.”
The year of 2124 …
The grant of €10,000 comes from a Joint Project between the European Union and the Council of Europe. Eight grants of €10,000 were on offer in a competitive process in which heritage organizations across Europe could apply after submitting European Heritage Days Stories.
The Mills Archive Trust, in collaboration with WWEA and supported by the German Wind Power Museum and Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, submitted a story called, “Molina Duvent and the Lost Seed of Svalbard”. In this story it is the year 2124 and Europe faces imminent destruction from the climate crisis, causing widespread devastation and loss of life. However, a group of diverse experts convenes secretly to devise a plan to confront the crisis.
Read more about the project and find a link to the story “Molina Duvent and the Lost Seed of Svalbard” in the press release below.
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