UNIT 3

ENERGY
CD1.19Listen to the second part of the interview and replace the eight
changes in this audio script with what Angus McCrone actually says.
Well, right now, the most developed of the main clean energy sectors is wind
because the technologies have basically been homogenized for 20, 25, 30
years, through bladed turbine. And people know exactly how much it costs to
produce power with that technology. They know where the best geographical
locations are to base wind farms, so it's considered as a mature technology
and often an alternative to things like gas and coal. But I think in the long
term, solar is the clean energy technology [that] will probably get the biggest
uptake, both putting plants in places like deserts and in very sunny areas,
taking advantage of land that hasn't got a lot of other potential. But also
micro-generation, people putting solar panels on roofs. Once the technology
comes down enough, it's not there yet, but once it comes down enough, then
it'll be something that people do all the time as a way of actually dealing
with some of their power needs during the course of the year. And solar
panels will have a vast market for that.