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World Service,03 Aug 1995,13 mins

Wave Energy

Global Concerns

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The seas around the UK could generate 12,000 megawatts of energy. Osprey off the coast of Dounreay in Scotland was the first ever commercial power station fuelled by wave energy. Also on the programme the decline of farmland birds such as skylarks, and the hazardous waste treatment site at Emelle, Alabama, USA. Presented by Sue Ingle

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