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  1. Wind Turbines in the Landscape (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

    Explains how the likely visual impact of wind turbines and wind farms can be evaluated and shows that the subjective nature of visual impact assessments is complex and open to a wide variety of...

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  2. Power from the Wind (1989 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Considers how wind energy was used in the past to perform a range of tasks, from draining the land to grinding corn and sugar cane. With the invention of the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution the...

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  3. Shetland: Watts in the Wind (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Millington
    Subject
    Business studies; Mathematics; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at how modelling was used to help plan the introduction of wind power to Shetland Islands electricity supply system. The modelling process is put in the context of the hard systems method.

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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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