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Steffen M. Søndergaard, Jytte Thorndahl,
Birger T. Madsen, Troels Thomsen, Bjarke Thomassen
Sponsored by the Danish wind industry, a last-minute rescue mission saved the historic buildings buildings that hold the early background of the modern Danish wind industry.
Poul la Cour, who lived from 1846 to 1908 is internationally known for his experiments and research of using wind energy for electricity production. He also researched ways to store electricity e.g. he turned the surplus electricity produced on windy days into hydrogen.
Poul la Cour was known both nationally and internationally as the founder of modern wind turbine theory. Some years ago, the European Wind Energy Association, EWEA, introduced "The Poul la Cour Prize".
The test station in Askov was completed in 1898 and was designed by the architect P.V. Jensen-Klint who later became famous for the Grundtvig Church in Copenhagen.
The former test station will be a museum for the work of Poul la Cour but it will also display the development of wind power in Denmark until today.