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  1. Wind Power (1984 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows examples of newly designed power plants, exploiting wind energy, subsidised either through private or government initiatives. The largest and most powerful being GROWIAN serving approximately 4000...

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  2. Wind Energy (1986 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm, 28 minutes)

    Describes wind power installations from the single unit on Fair Isle, which replaces an inadequate diesel generator, to the multi-power wind power stations in California. Viewers may find it interesting to...

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  3. UK Power (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Visits a large-scale electricity power station, Didcot in Oxfordshire. The sheer scale of the station , which was designed to produce some 2000Mw, is contrasted with the combined heat AND power stations...

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  4. Sources of Power (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The need for power was fundamental to the expanding industries of the 18th and 19th centuries. Water power was the first answer, but the geographical limitations led to the development of steam power in the...

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  5. Nuclear Power (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Describes the processes of electrical power generation which are common to all power stations. Describes the particular operation of Magnox, PWR, RBMK (Chernobyl type) and AGR reactors. Explains why the...

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  6. Dawn of the Solar Age (1977 Video)

    Producer
    Edward Goldwyn
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    Surveys research into methods of obtaining energy from the sun, including direct solar heating from within and outside the atmosphere, and other indirect sources of energy from natural terrestrial solar...

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  7. Nuclear Power? Yes Please! (198 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The case for nuclear power. Assembles facts and arguments to show that nuclear power is a well established and safe source of energy. Much of the evidence comes from British Nuclear Fuels, Central...

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  8. Starting Small: The Development of Small Scale Hydro Power in the UK (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min.

    Although hydro power is an established renewable energy technology, the UK’s small scale hydro resource is largely unexploited. This programme focuses on small hydro power and its potential, with the...

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  9. Powers and Structures (2004)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    The course looks at the world of politics. It sheds light on the inner workings of power, decision-making and protest, covering politics from parliament to the street, and the politics of ideas as well as...

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  10. National Grid, The (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.

    Examines the UK National Grid, looking at its structure in terms of power generation, transmision lines and sinks of power, and at the problems of coping with fluctuating power demands. Eric Chefneux,...

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