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  1. Arable Coppice for Renewable Energy (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocasette. VHS. col. 18 min.

    Looks at the potential benefits of coppicing as an energy source in the UK. For farmers, fuel wood is simple and cheap to produce while also being renewable and environmentally friendly. Outlines the steps...

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  2. 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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  3. Developing Tomorrow’s Energy (1980 Film)

    Director
    Jim Turpie
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col 25 min.

    An account of the mining and refining of uranium showing how the development of energy from uranium is providing much of the world’s current needs.

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  4. Energy: The Alternatives (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at three energy alternatives: the world’s largest geothermal field in northern California, the wind farms of the Altamont Pass near San Francisco, and a tidal power barrage at La Rance in Brittany....

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  5. Heat Below (1984 Film)

    Director
    Alan Ross
    Producer
    Robert Keen
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An introduction to the exploitation of two forms of geothermal energy in the UK (aquifers and the hydrofracturing of hot dry rocks) as sources of hot water for space heating and other low temperature process...

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  6. 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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  7. Energy from Waste1 (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    In Britain 95% of municipal waste is land filled but there may be benefits from alternative ways of managing waste. Shows how waste disposal is managed in DüUEsseldorf where waste is recycled as energy to...

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  8. 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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  9. Jpl Story, The (1982 Film)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Involvement of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the Californian Institute of Technology in spacecraft missions. Considers alternative energy sources, star spectrum analysis, infra-red imaging radar, ion...

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