Tom Scott

Power, Politics and Pragmatism: The British National Grid (2016x11)

Ημερομηνία προβολής: Φεβ 15, 2016

Back in the 1920s, electricity was generated by hundreds of small companies in towns and cities across the country. They were all different and mostly incompatible: London alone had 24 voltages and 10 frequencies. How did we get from there to the billion-pound tunnel projects of today?