Preben Maegaard is a Danish renewable energy

Renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...

 pioneer, author and expert who is Executive Director of the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy. Since the 1973 oil crisis he has worked locally, nationally and internationally for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy

Renewable energy commercialization

Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal power and heat...

. He has served on several Danish governmental committees and councils for the deployment of renewable energy.
He was Founding President (2001–2005) of the World Wind Energy Association

World Wind Energy Association

The World Wind Energy Association is an international non-profit association representing the wind power sector worldwide, with members in 100 countries, amongst them the leading national and regional wind energy associations...

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Awards

• 1978, Solar Prize, Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy
• 1985, Plum Environmental Prize, Plum Fonden
• 1987, Environmental Prize, Association of Danish Engineers
• 1992, Wind Energy Prize, Denmark’s Windmill Owners Association
• 1997, European Solar Prize
  European Solar Prize
  The European Solar Prizes are awarded annually by the European Association for Renewable Energy EUROSOLAR located in Bonn, Germany. The Prizes are awarded since 1994 to individuals or organizations for the outstanding contribution to the utilization and applications of renewable energy in all its...
  
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• 2002, The GAIA Prize, Gaia Trust
• 2002, MERKUR Pioneer Prize, MERKUR cooperative Bank
• 2005, Nuclear-Free Future Award
  Nuclear-Free Future Award
  Since 1998 the Nuclear-Free Future Award is an award given to anti-nuclear activists, organizations and communities. The award is intended to promote the opposition to uranium mining, nuclear weapons and nuclear power....
  
  
• 2008, World Wind Energy Award, World Wind Energy Association
  World Wind Energy Association
  The World Wind Energy Association is an international non-profit association representing the wind power sector worldwide, with members in 100 countries, amongst them the leading national and regional wind energy associations...