Synopsis
Dr Tara Shine and Dr Enass Abo-Hamed explain how we can store renewable energy.
- Programme: Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
- Series: 2020: Planet Earth - A User's Guide
- Episode: Up in the Air
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2020
- Geography | Energy and Resources | Non-renewable and renewable energy | Renewable energy
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