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8 results found for '"Solar energy"' in Keywords.
Brian Hayes show (1977)
- Genre
- Discussion
On Brian Hayes show Professor Gerard O’Neill talks about colonising space, energy sources in space and manufacturing with a workforce in space.
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...
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...
Jimmy Carter’s solar energy proposal (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports from Washington on US President Jimmy Carter’s proposal for twenty per cent of America’s energy needs to be generated from solar sources by the turn of the century. Includes...
Jimmy Carter on energy crisis (1979)
- Genre
- Speech; News report
Live coverage from the White House of US President Jimmy Carter address to the nation on energy policy and energy crisis and US confidence. He promises to end American dependence on foreign oil and develop...
Outlook on the eighties (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
Pete Reeves presents this edition of Piccadilly Radio’s Outlook on the Eighties, a series talking to international figures on the decade ahead. Science fiction author Arthur C Clarke talks about what he...
UN Earth Summit in Rio (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Clayre Gribben reports from Brazil on the UN Earth Summit in Rio. One possible controversial area is population control. Britain’s Overseas Development Minister, Baroness Chalker (formerly Lynda Chalker)...
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...