The Planet Mechanics are battling to conjure up electricity out of thin air. They must make England’s most remote youth...
(01:57)The wind turbine is almost complete. The final stage is to weld the tailfin to the generator. The tailfin will keep the...
(05:00)While Dick waits anxiously for an answer, Jem has raced ahead and started work on his generator. But how exactly will it...
(03:59)First off, the wind turbine blades. With each of them needing to be just over a meter long, equally balanced, perfectly...
(03:00)Having never built a wind turbine before, Jem needs to figure it out on a smaller scale first.
(04:51)Having agreed that wind and water are the most promising elements in this inhospitable landscape, it’s time for a...
(02:47)Here in Ennerdale, there’s a radical project underway to rip out the rows of regimented pines and restore this valley to its...
(03:00)Dick and Jem take on their most ambitious challenge yet. They plan to harness the power of our planet’s biggest natural...
(01:53)It’s the final day at the finca. And the Planet Mechanics have one last chance to draw water from Jesus’s well.
(02:45)Like the rest of the windmill, the pump is unashamedly low tech but remarkably effective.
(02:48)Dick’s also got a mechanical mountain to climb. He’s got a few short days to manufacture a high spinning windmill.
(02:50)Jem is finally beginning to realize the enormity of the challenge he’s set himself. Stirling engines are usually built in...
(04:55)In theory a Stirling engine can be an extremely quiet efficient way of converting heat into movement, and if that heat is...
(02:50)Antonio draws drinking water using an antiquated fume belching diesel pump. It’s not exactly environmentally friendly and...
(02:55)Our eco-engineers are seeking out sunshine and they’ve certainly arrived in the right place – Andalucia, the most...
(02:55)With its oil reserves dwindling, Dubai switches its sights to tourism, building the Burj al Arab, a 60-storey hotel in the...
(00:38)Robots toiled 3km under the sea to build the longest sub-sea pipeline in the world, connecting the UK and Norway.
(00:36)Take a look at High Speed One, historically one of the UK's biggest and most expensive engineering projects.
(01:13)See the construction of Abu Dhabi's Capital Gate, the most inclined tower on the planet.
(00:43)Find out how a multitude of energy efficient technologies power one of a new generation of super skyscrapers.
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