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Greening of Energy, The (2014)

Subject

Energy; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 46 minutes), £49.00

Although renewable energies are seen as ‘clean and green’, their development can often be cause for conflict. Some forms of renewable energy are also limited by weather and climate. This title examines...

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Energy Security: India’s Sustainable Solutions (2009)

Subject

Development studies; Energy; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £49.00

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Cheap Energy for Tomorrow Today (1993 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Information technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

Discusses the potential of biomass as a renewable energy source. Describes the importance of fuel-efficient wood stoves in Kenya to complement the development of agro-forestry as a sustainable source of...

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Renewable Future?, A (1998 Video)

Producer

Bill Young

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55 min.

Given the costs of fossil fuels for energy, the insecurity of their supply, and the damage to the planet by their consumption, looks at three possible energy futures that suggest that renewable energy...

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Energy Alternative, The 1 (1990 Video)

aka: Alternative Energy

Director

Thelma Rumsey; Michael Steele

Producer

Ted Brocklebank; William Woollard

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 50 min., 1997 sale: £60.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Series explaining why alternative energy is proving inadequate for our future needs and examining new approachs to energy efficiency.

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Planning for Renewables (1994 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., Free loan

The development of renewable energy is being encouraged by creating a protected market under the Non Fossil Fuel Obligation. With developers capitalising on this incentive, local planners must consider a...

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Sustainable Development: Why Should we Care? (2006)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £125.00

Examines the environmental dangers threatening the planet but looks forward in hope rather than despair. Begins by looking at the effects of the industrial revolution and goes on to discuss the impact of...

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Energy Alternative, The (1994 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1997 sale: £19.99 (+VAT +p&p)

Video-based pack looking at energy from the standpoint of a need for change. Begins with some predictions of future world energy consumption and their impossible consequences and goes on to explore...

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History of Water Power, The (1990 Video)

aka: Water Power and the Industrial Revolution

Subject

Archaeology; Engineering; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Discusses the history of the use of energy in three areas: the energy source itself; the systems of power transmission; the application of this energy to various industrial purposes. Moving water was the...

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There’s Energy in the Wind (1990)

Director

John Adams

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

Shows how wind turbines can produce safe, reliable, cost-effective and non-polluting electricity. Part 1 covers the properties of wind and shows how turbines work. Part 2 shows a vertical axis machine being...

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