A statue of a miner leaning on a pickaxe with a crowd of people including older people in wheelchairs around it. Source / Copyright: https://www.facebook.com/Auchengeich-Miners-Memorial-916368968418660/photos

People and energy

How people's lives have been impacted by energy through work and jobs, changes in communities, pollution, politics and protest.

Three tall, curved brick towers with steam coming out of the top, at Rugeley power station

Types of energy

From coal to oil and gas, to nuclear and renewables - what has been the impact of the different kinds of energy that the UK has used, and how has energy generation changed?

An oilrig platform standing in the sea with some land behind it Source: Mustang Joe, https://www.flickr.com/photos/mustangjoe/43258021631

Places of energy

The different locations around the UK that have been sites for energy generation and what that means for those areas.

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