Cambridge Educational - Alternative Power Sources and Renewable Energy

Alternative Power Sources and Renewable Energy

This program demonstrates how wind turbines, solar cells, hybrid automobiles, and coal gasification plants are beginning to transform the way the world is powered. The U.S. Secretary of Energy, the director of the National Wind Technology Center, the CEO of Enron Wind Corporation, representatives of Worldwatch Institute and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and others discuss the challenge of satisfying the rapidly increasing global demand for energy while developing environmentally friendly forms of power generation to reduce air pollution and lessen the threat of global warming. (22 minutes)

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Item#: FMK11164
Copyright date: ©1999
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-2679-1
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-6850-4


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