Powering radio with chip fat and bicycles
Edward Davey visits Radio 5 Live's Energy Day to see renewable energy powering the station's programmes.
Energy Day in Media City, Salford.
BBC Radio 5 Live proved how effective renewable energy could be as it held an Energy Day in Salford, powering its whole studio for 12 hours with renewables including people-generated pedal-power.
Edward Davey visited the Salford Media City to take part Radio 5鈥檚 Live audience discussion 鈥淵our call鈥� and Nicky Campbell鈥檚 breakfast show on the UKs future energy mix and simplifying energy bills.
Edward Davey taking part in Radio 5 Live's Energy Day phone-in.
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an outside studio powered purely on renewable energy;
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Richard Bacon鈥檚 show powered solely by exercise bikes ridden by guests including Olympian Chris Boardman, and
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a consumer energy special in which Britain鈥檚 leading energy companies discuss energy prices and bills.
Other interactive energy-harnessing experiments taking place on the Media Plaza include the re-use of chip fat from the BBC canteen, wind turbines and kinetic energy from a human hamster wheel.
Edward Davey being interviewed by BBC Newsround.
鈥楨nergy Day鈥� happens one day ahead of DECC taking the British Energy Challenge Roadshow debate to Manchester. 皇冠体育app debate will host Chief Scientific Advisor David MacKay, who will join the local panel and audience to discuss the energy mix that Manchester would like to see the UK adopt, in order to reduce emissions and keep the lights on.