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Drought in Somalia - Solar power for water pump (1980)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report from Las Dure, northwest Somalia, during a drought and famine exacerbated by an acute refugee problem in the country. Includes interview with Rob Fraser of Oxfam about the positives of using a solar...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Energy - the future [4 Programmes] - Part 2 (1986)

The Royal Society of Edinburgh organised a two-day conference on the future of energy at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow. The speakers comprised many of the key people in the field of...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Alan Freeman on solar-powered tricycle (1979)

Genre

Interview

Electrical engineer Alan Freeman on having converted solar energy to power a tricycle, the electric battery cells having been provided by companies as an investment in the future of transport. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Taylor Woodrow and alternative energy sources (1979)

Genre

Interview

Dr Roger Brown of the research and development division of construction company Taylor Woodrow, on the company’s involvement in developing alternative energy sources to generate electricity, from early...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Last manned offshore lighthouse goes automatic (1996)

Genre

Interview

Britain’s last manned offshore lighthouse says good-bye to its keepers today for the final time. From tomorrow the Hanois lighthouse in the Channel Islands is to be automated and run by solar power. Head...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Energy - The Future [4 Programmes] - Part 1 (1986)

The Royal Society of Edinburgh organised a two-day conference on the future of energy at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow. The speakers comprised many of the key people in the field of Energy....

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio