York University’s Sustainable Energy Initiative & The Ontario Sustainable Energy Association present:

The Rise of Modern Wind Energy

During his only talk in North America Prof. Maegaard will provide our Toronto audience with an exclusive overview of this comprehensive new book plus he will answer questions from the media and invited guests.

Date: Thursday May 30, 2013
Location: The Robertson Building
215 Spadina Avenue on the ground floor boardroom (known as the 'Connector')
Time: 1-3pm

Preben Maegaard is Denmark's leading renewable energy and wind expert. In this unique presentation in Toronto Prof. Maegaard will provide an overview of how wind power has grown from a modest cottage industry in the 1970s to one of the most important sustainability sectors of the 21st Century. Prof. Maegaard's decades of experience as an international renewable energy expert are now summarized in his new book titled: Wind Power for the World.

Since 1984 he has been director of the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, www.folkecenter.net and www.folkecenter.dk In this capacity he has been responsible for the technological innovation of windmills, including design, construction and implementation of sizes from 20 to 525 kW, farm biogas digesters from 50 to 1.000 m3 as well as integrated energy systems including hydrogen and biofuels for transport.

This is a FREE event! Click here to register.

For more information, contact tarob@yorku.ca