And goats on the loose. The beautiful welsh countryside. Home to valleys, lakes, the odd feral goat and. Electric mountain. Hidden inside this mountain is the dinorwig pumped storage power station and it is basically a monster battery. It Stores Energy by pumping water from this lake to a lake at the top of the mountain and then letting it flow back downhill, releasing that energy at times of peak demand. See, when you pop the kettle on during breaks in championship matches of that sport they call football, this bad boy springs into action to supplement our National Grid, delivering power to our homes in under 12 seconds. Its an incredible view. Its one of the fastest responding power stations on the planet and well have a nosy inside the thing later in the programme. Dinorwig offers a semi Renewable Energy solution at a time when our National Resources are being used up. As solar, wind and tidal power alternatives advance, were craving a method of using their generated energy 24 7 des
When we have more on it. Now, click. This week a mountain of energy, a solar sea, and some rather unusual food. Hey, welcome to click. I hope youre doing 0k. I dont know about you but this year has felt really quite long so far. Hey, welcome to click. I hope youre doing 0k. I dont know about you but this year has felt really quite long so far. We live in a world which is unrecognisable from even six months ago and its clear that we still have big problems to face. But lets not forget the global issues we were talking about even before the pandemic, particularly Climate Change. Possibly one Silver Lining from all of this is the reminder that tech can and does solve some of our biggest problems. On click, weve been lucky enough to see some amazing tech, tech that can change the world and even revolutionise it. We thought wed share with you some of our favourites from the past couple of years. We start, where else but in wales . The beautiful welsh countryside, home to valleys, lakes, the
From a battery mountain to sucking carbon out of the air, this week, click looks at some of our favourite sustainable tech from the recent past. This week a mountain of energy, a solar sea, and some rather unusual food. If you look at the amount of energy we use, we use about half the energy. If you look at the emissions that we provide, were about 90 fewer emissions, right . And then lastly, on land, and this is a really important one for the farmer, we use 93 less land. So if youre a farmer and you have 100 acres, you can now grow on seven acres hey, welcome to click. What you used to use hope youre doing 0k. All 100 for. There is still one major i dont know about you, drawback for your average but this year has felt meat loving family. Really quite long so far. Where a pack of fresh beef burgers might be priced around £11. 40 per kilogram, we live in a world the beyond meat alternative which is unrecognisable is currently around £24 from even six months ago. For the same weight. T
Now on bbc news, from a battery mount into sucking carbon out of the air, this week click looks at some of our favourite sustainable tech from the recent past. This week a mountain of energy, a solar sea, and some rather unusual food. Hey, welcome to click. I hope youre doing 0k. I dont know about you but this year has felt really quite long so far. We live in a world which is unrecognisable from even six months ago and its clear that we still have big problems to face. But lets not forget the global issues we were talking about even before the pandemic, particularly Climate Change. Possibly one Silver Lining from all of this is the reminder that tech can and does solve some of our biggest problems. On click, weve been lucky enough to see some amazing tech, tech that can change the world and even revolutionise it. We thought wed share with you some of our favourites from the past couple of years. We start, where else but in wales . The beautiful welsh countryside, home to valleys, lake
Its about 2 30am. Now on bbc news, its click. This week a mountain of energy, a solar sea, and some rather unusual food. Theme music hey, welcome to click. I hope youre doing 0k. I dont know about you but this year has felt really quite long so far. We live in a world which is unrecognisable from even six months ago and its clear that we still have big problems to face. But lets not forget the global issues we were talking about even before the pandemic, particularly Climate Change. Possibly one Silver Lining from all of this is the reminder that tech can and does solve some of our biggest problems. On click, weve been lucky enough to see some amazing tech, tech that can change the world and even revolutionise it. We thought wed share with you some of our favourites from the past couple of years. We start, where else but in wales . The beautiful welsh countryside, home to valleys, lakes, the odd feral goat, and. Electric mountain hidden inside this mountain is the dinorwig pumped stora