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Last broadcast on Thu, 24 Sep 2009, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Carbon-free energy could become a greater possibility if we help to form a Europe-wide 'Supergrid', but what is it, how will it work and who will pay for it? Tom Heap finds out.
Even if it does sound like science fiction, the European Union want to be able to power the entire continent with green energy: from solar panels to wind and wave turbines, from geothermal to hydroelectric power stations. The 'Supergrid' project will lie from the North Sea, going down to the Sahara Desert, from Iceland's volcanoes to the tides of Finland, from the winds of Scotland to the Black Sea and to the sun of the Middle East.
Tom Heap in Rotterdam for the laying of the Britned cable linking the UK to the Netherlands
Tom Heap in Rotterdam as the first link from the Netherlands to the UK is laid under the sea
The Britned cable laying ship starting its journey from Rotterdam to the Isle of Grain in Kent
The Britned cable laying ship en route to link up the Netherlands to the UK
Broadcasts
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Mon 21 Sep 200921:00
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Thu 24 Sep 200913:30
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