After the first oil-price shock in the early 1970s, the CEGB initiated a programme to establish the prospects for electricity production from alternative-energy sources. Recent sharpening of interest in the environmental benefits of alternative-energy sources has added impetus to the work
Inspec keywords: bioenergy conversion; wave power generation; tidal power stations; wind power; geothermal power
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Subjects: Tidal power stations and plants; Tidal and flow energy; Other power stations and plants; Geothermal energy; Photosynthesis and bioenergy conversion; Geothermal power stations and plants; Wind energy; Wave power
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