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  • Standing in their cradles are three members of a National Grid Live-line electricity cable crew, protected in a conductive cage beneath the electricy cables that they maintaining. We see the sagging cables stretching to distant electricity pylons and the three human figures standing like astonauts in their protective cradles. Huge structure of girders and relays are behind them and they wear safety clothing allowing them to work comfortably inside the electrical field at close range with gloved hands. National Grid Electricity Transmission plc owns and operates the National Grid high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales.National Grid plc is a United Kingdom based utilities company which also operates in other countries, principally in the United States.
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  • Moving steadily 100 feet (8 metres) along a live-line electricity cable, a National Grid maintenance worker protected in a conductive cage, proceeds to the next 'separator' that holds the high-voltage cables from touching each other. From the ground we see the sagging cables stretching to a distant electricity pylon and two yellow cages, one large in the foreground where we see the human figure standing like an astonaut, and the other cage out of focus, a greater distance away but all dwarfed by the huge structure of girders and relays. Wearing clothing bonded to the conductor, the lineman can work comfortably inside the electrical field at close range with gloved hands. National Grid Electricity Transmission plc owns and operates the National Grid high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales.National Grid plc is a United Kingdom based utilities company which also operates in other countries, principally in the United States. The company adopted its current name in July 2005 when shareholders agreed the change from National Grid Transco plc.
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  • Cyclist passes a parked Smart car recharges electric power at an EDF charging point in central London.
    electric_car04-28-03-2014.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km). The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.
    electric_nissan07-21-03-2012.jpg
  • SGTE fast charger technology for electric vehicles at a charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. CHAdeMO (sometimes spelled CHdeMO) is the trade name of a quick charging method for battery electric vehicles delivering up to 62.5 kW of high-voltage direct current via a special electrical connector. CHAdeMO is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving". The name is a pun for O cha demo ikaga desuka in Japanese,[translating to English as "How about some tea?", referring to the time it would take to charge a car. CHdeMO can charge a car in less than half an hour.
    electric_nissan12-21-03-2012.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km). The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.
    electric_nissan02-21-03-2012.jpg
  • A parked Smart car recharges electric power at an EDF charging point in central London.
    electric_car05-28-03-2014.jpg
  • A parked Smart car recharges electric power at an EDF charging point in central London.
    electric_car03-28-03-2014.jpg
  • SGTE fast charger technology for electric vehicles at a charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. CHAdeMO (sometimes spelled CHdeMO) is the trade name of a quick charging method for battery electric vehicles delivering up to 62.5 kW of high-voltage direct current via a special electrical connector. CHAdeMO is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving". The name is a pun for O cha demo ikaga desuka in Japanese,[translating to English as "How about some tea?", referring to the time it would take to charge a car. CHdeMO can charge a car in less than half an hour.
    electric_nissan14-21-03-2012.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km). The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.
    electric_nissan04-21-03-2012.jpg
  • Electricity supply in the Dolomites, South Tyrol, northern Italy.
    appiano_italy02-11-07-2015.jpg
  • A parked Smart car recharges electric power at an EDF charging point in central London.
    electric_car02-28-03-2014.jpg
  • SGTE fast charger technology for electric vehicles at a charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. CHAdeMO (sometimes spelled CHdeMO) is the trade name of a quick charging method for battery electric vehicles delivering up to 62.5 kW of high-voltage direct current via a special electrical connector. CHAdeMO is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving". The name is a pun for O cha demo ikaga desuka in Japanese,[translating to English as "How about some tea?", referring to the time it would take to charge a car. CHdeMO can charge a car in less than half an hour.
    electric_nissan13-21-03-2012.jpg
  • Empty parking space at a Nissan car dealership where their Leaf electric car (EV) can be recharged at a charging point.
    electric_nissan11-21-03-2012.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km). The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.
    electric_nissan09-21-03-2012.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km). The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.
    electric_nissan06-21-03-2012.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km). The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.
    electric_nissan03-21-03-2012.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km). The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.
    electric_nissan01-21-03-2012.jpg
  • An English Cross of St. George flag flaps in a strong breeze on a flag pole near electricity pylons in Grays,  Thames Gateway
    river_business182-31-08-2007.jpg
  • Dated technology of the desolate electricity substation at South Bromley is seen from the Pylon Industrial Estate. .
    electricity150-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz car in central London. A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging a G-Wiz AEV (Automatic Electric Vehicle) car. The car is parked at the kerbside in Dover Street and is hooked up to a recharging point. The AEV has a range of up to 48 miles per charge with a certified top speed of 50 mph. A charging station, also called an electric recharging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). Although most electric cars can be recharged from a domestic wall socket, many support faster charging at higher voltages and currents that require dedicated equipment with a specialized connector..
    electric_car8-20-10-2011.jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz car in central London. A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging a G-Wiz AEV (Automatic Electric Vehicle) car. The car is parked at the kerbside in Dover Street and is hooked up to a recharging point. The AEV has a range of up to 48 miles per charge with a certified top speed of 50 mph. A charging station, also called an electric recharging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). Although most electric cars can be recharged from a domestic wall socket, many support faster charging at higher voltages and currents that require dedicated equipment with a specialized connector..
    electric_car6-20-10-2011.jpg
  • Young boy in a field plays with a ewe and chickens at Drusillas Park Zoo.
    sheep_farm_boy03-12-02-1991.jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging an electronic Daimler-Chrysler-made Smart car.
    electricity_car02-10-11-2010.jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging an electronic Daimler-Chrysler-made Smart car.
    electricity_car01-10-11-2010.jpg
  • A tangle of electric lights are strung together on the ceiling of a West End construction site in London's Soho.
    electricity126-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • Tangled clothing hangs on barbed wire fencing below an enbankment alongside the A13 road in Dagenham, Essex..
    electricity197-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • A young couple walks through the car park of Lakeside, the giant Essex shopping mall on the outskirts of London.
    electricity211-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • Detail of an exposed junction box and analogue electricity meter on an industrial estate in West Ham substation, Canning Town
    electricity262-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • An electricity L6 pylon stands framed in height restriction poles on industrial wasteland at Barton Down, Canterbury, Kent
    electricity290-25-01-2008 .jpg
  • Camouflaged birdspotters peer through binoculars for wildlife at the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex
    electricity367-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Grazing cow pokes her head through barbed wire with pylons behind at the RSPB wildlife sanctuary at Rainham Marshes
    electricity374-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Seen from slightly behind, a young woman stands taking shelter from early evening rain in Goodge Street, London England. Holding a lit cigarette in her left hand and with an unused ashtray to her right, she is chatting with friends who are also enjoying a relaxing hour after work. Under the UK Government's recent laws on smoking in public places, the work mates are forced outside the pub to smoke on the street in a special area away from the anti-smoking people indoors. Lit by glowing red lights that also provide warmth on this chilly January night, the friends are comfortable in their own company.
    electricity113-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • As evening light fades, bright light from the electricity-hungry Canary Wharf docklands development is supplied by the voltage from electricity cables and supporting struts at an east London sub-station, England. A network of 110 miles of cables have stretched across 542 'L6' pylons across England's Kent countryside, from the coal-fired power station at Dungeness to this location, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables to power some of London's high supply demands. Insatiable appetites for energy means electricity is now an expensive commodity after climbing oil prices doubled electricity utility bills for some domestic users.
    electricity283-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • Electricity cables stretch into early morning mist above Swanscombe, Kent, London England. In the foreground we see a stack of discs called Insulators which stop the electricity carried in the conductor (the wires strung between each pylon) from jumping to the pylon and then down to earth. The cables disappear into the winter fog creating a Sci-Fi scene of 21st technology. Diagonally, the cables travel across the picture but they are part of a line of 542 pylons that have already crossed 110 miles of English countryside, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables from Dungeness coal-fired power station to West Ham sub station in London's East End - to power the West End's high energy supply demands.
    electricity407-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz car in central London. A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging a G-Wiz AEV (Automatic Electric Vehicle) car. The car is parked at the kerbside in Dover Street and is hooked up to a recharging point. The AEV has a range of up to 48 miles per charge with a certified top speed of 50 mph. A charging station, also called an electric recharging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). Although most electric cars can be recharged from a domestic wall socket, many support faster charging at higher voltages and currents that require dedicated equipment with a specialized connector..
    electric_car7-20-10-2011.jpg
  • Near piles of chopped wood logs, a local hotel owner makes adjustments to solar panels that powers his guesthouse business in a remote Himalayan village, and for the sake of passing trekkers wanting hot showers after the climb up to this altitude, on 12th December, Ghorepani, Nepal. Ghorepani is at a height of 2874m (9429 ft) and is located within the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), requiring a national park permit to visit and contains a number of "guest houses" that provide lodging and meals to mountain trekkers, many of whom spend the night before a pre-dawn trek to the top of nearby Poon Hill (3210m/10531 ft) to watch the sunrise.
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  • Gnomes and garden figures displayed below an electricity pylon in a back Somerset garden.
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  • An electricity pylon stands astride a car park at a local Rugby club on land near Wrington, North Somerset England.
    electricity039-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • An electricity pylon stands amongst bare trees on a gloomy winter day in woodland near Wrington, North Somerset England.
    electricity057-28-12-2007 .jpg
  • Pensioner Jim Burrows cuts leaks by his shed overlooked by a giant eletricity pylon at Leys Road allotments, East London.
    electricity191-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • National Grid electricity instalation on industrial wasteland at Barton Down, Canterbury, Kent
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  • Plantation of sapling trees near an electricity pylon on Rainham Marshes, Essex.
    electricity327-27-01-2008 .jpg
  • Avoiding fly-tippers, a barricaded and disused car park entrance is near electricity pylons at Dartford, Kent.
    electricity420-12-02-2008 .jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz car in central London. A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging a G-Wiz AEV (Automatic Electric Vehicle) car. The car is parked at the kerbside in Dover Street and is hooked up to a recharging point. The AEV has a range of up to 48 miles per charge with a certified top speed of 50 mph. A charging station, also called an electric recharging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). Although most electric cars can be recharged from a domestic wall socket, many support faster charging at higher voltages and currents that require dedicated equipment with a specialized connector..
    electric_car4-20-10-2011.jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz car in central London. A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging a G-Wiz AEV (Automatic Electric Vehicle) car. The car is parked at the kerbside in Dover Street and is hooked up to a recharging point. The AEV has a range of up to 48 miles per charge with a certified top speed of 50 mph. A charging station, also called an electric recharging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). Although most electric cars can be recharged from a domestic wall socket, many support faster charging at higher voltages and currents that require dedicated equipment with a specialized connector..
    electric_car3-20-10-2011.jpg
  • Power cables plug into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz cars in central London. A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging a G-Wiz AEV (Automatic Electric Vehicle) car. The car is parked at the kerbside in Dover Street and is hooked up to a recharging point. The AEV has a range of up to 48 miles per charge with a certified top speed of 50 mph. A charging station, also called an electric recharging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). Although most electric cars can be recharged from a domestic wall socket, many support faster charging at higher voltages and currents that require dedicated equipment with a specialized connector..
    electric_car14-20-10-2011.jpg
  • Power cables plug into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz cars in central London. A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging a G-Wiz AEV (Automatic Electric Vehicle) car. The car is parked at the kerbside in Dover Street and is hooked up to a recharging point. The AEV has a range of up to 48 miles per charge with a certified top speed of 50 mph. A charging station, also called an electric recharging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). Although most electric cars can be recharged from a domestic wall socket, many support faster charging at higher voltages and currents that require dedicated equipment with a specialized connector..
    electric_car13-20-10-2011.jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz car in central London. A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging a G-Wiz AEV (Automatic Electric Vehicle) car. The car is parked at the kerbside in Dover Street and is hooked up to a recharging point. The AEV has a range of up to 48 miles per charge with a certified top speed of 50 mph. A charging station, also called an electric recharging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). Although most electric cars can be recharged from a domestic wall socket, many support faster charging at higher voltages and currents that require dedicated equipment with a specialized connector..
    electric_car10-20-10-2011.jpg
  • Windfarm turbine blades on hilltop of Sierra Nevada foothills.
    spain_windfarm-1-15-April-2011.jpg
  • Young boy in a field plays with a ewe at Drusillas Park Zoo.
    sheep_farm_boy02-12-02-1991.jpg
  • Young boy in a field plays with a lamb at Drusillas Park Zoo.
    sheep_farm_boy01-12-02-1991.jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz car in central London.
    electric_car01-20-01-2011.jpg
  • A Union Jack flag flies beneath the English Cross of St. George on a flag pole beneath an electricity pylon in a Somerset garden.
    electricity020-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • A Union Jack flag flies beneath the English Cross of St. George on a flag pole beneath an electricity pylon in a Somerset garden.
    electricity023-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • Pensioner Barbara Dowling sips tea views an electricity pylon from the warm kitchen of her North Somerset home.
    electricity030-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • An electricity pylon stands against an overcast winter sky on rural land near Wrington, North Somerset England.
    electricity042-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • A sign showing instant death warns anyone climbing this electricity pylon standing in woodland near Wrington, North Somerset England.
    electricity059-28-12-2007 .jpg
  • A passer-by stands outside a Chinese Restaurant offering Dim Sum in Chinatown, home to London's ethnic Chinese community.
    electricity120-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • An advertisement for stock car and banger racing taking place at the motorsport venue Arena Essex raceway..
    electricity200-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • The steel girders of an electricity pylon stands close between housing on an estate in Beckton, East London.
    electricity243-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • The steel girders of an electricity pylon stands close between housing on an estate in Beckton, East London.
    electricity248-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • The steel girders of an electricity pylon stands close between housing on an estate in Beckton, East London.
    electricity252-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • Billy Cocklin has painted woz ere on the aluminium leg of an electricity pylon near a housing estate in Beckton.
    electricity255-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • Technology of the electricity substation at South Bromley, seen with rubbish in the Pylon Industrial Estate. .
    electricity274-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • As evening light fades, bright light from the electricity-hungry Canary Wharf docklands development is supplied by the voltage from electricity cables and supporting struts at an east London sub-station, England. A network of 110 miles of cables have stretched across 542 'L6' pylons across England's Kent countryside, from the coal-fired power station at Dungeness to this location, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables to power some of London's high supply demands. Insatiable appetites for energy means electricity is now an expensive commodity after climbing oil prices doubled electricity utility bills for some domestic users.
    electricity278-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • The entrance to the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex.
    electricity375-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Thorny twig in the foreground near an electricity pylon behind one foggy morning on Botany Marshes, Swanscombe, Kent
    electricity406-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • The leg of an electricity pylon carrying lines 1.3km over the Thames from Botany Marshes, Swanscombe, Kent to Thurrock, Essex.
    electricity412-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • Local and nationwide electricity power lines merging with golden reed grasses on Botany Marshes, Swanscombe, Kent.
    electricity414-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • Local and nationwide electricity power lines merging with golden reed grasses on Botany Marshes, Swanscombe, Kent.
    electricity415-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • Insulators discs stopping electricity from jumping to a pylon down to earth stretches between pylons, Botany Marshes, Swanscombe
    electricity418-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • Just after heavy rain when the streets of London's West End are wet but brightening after the clouds have passed we look into the windows of a black taxi cab on the busy Charing Cross Road. It is a scene of urban transport and inclement weather. We can see the rough form of the taxi driver at the front of his vehicle but it appears that he is stationary, possibly awaiting for the return of his fare-paying passenger from nearby bookshops such as Foyles in the background. A No-Smoking sticker is on the window and advertising on the side panel shows the arms of an airline passenger sitting in an airliner seat but once the taxi passenger returns, their head will be directly above this. The car's roof is still wet from rain, glistening in the artificial street lights that have turned on during the dark rain storm.
    electricity100-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • Electricity cables stretch into early morning mist above Swanscombe, Kent, London England. In the foreground we see a stack of discs called Insulators which stop the electricity carried in the conductor (the wires strung between each pylon) from jumping to the pylon and then down to earth. The cables disappear into the winter fog creating a Sci-Fi scene of 21st technology. Diagonally, the cables travel across the picture but they are part of a line of 542 pylons that have already crossed 110 miles of English countryside, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables from Dungeness coal-fired power station to West Ham sub station in London's East End - to power the West End's high supply demands.
    electricity409-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz car in central London. A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging a G-Wiz AEV (Automatic Electric Vehicle) car. The car is parked at the kerbside in Dover Street and is hooked up to a recharging point. The AEV has a range of up to 48 miles per charge with a certified top speed of 50 mph. A charging station, also called an electric recharging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) supplies electricity for the recharging of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). Although most electric cars can be recharged from a domestic wall socket, many support faster charging at higher voltages and currents that require dedicated equipment with a specialized connector..
    electric_car9-20-10-2011.jpg
  • A power cable plugs into the place of a petrol cap while recharging G-Wiz car in central London.
    electric_car02-20-01-2011.jpg
  • Red glowing sun reflected off the glossy facade of Canary Wharf tower next to electricity pylons.
    electricity_power01-05-08-1991.jpg
  • Patriotic pensioner Ivor Dowling attaches the Welsh flag beneath the Union Jack to fly in his back Somerset garden.
    electricity002-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • A flock of grazing sheep eat grass in a field beneath an electricity pylon in a North Somerset field.
    electricity026-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • An electricity pylon is seen through a bedroom window where a pillow
    electricity036-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • The dark outline of an electricity pylon stands over a gloomy winter sky in woodland near Wrington, North Somerset England.
    electricity055-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • Letting coloured in yellow painted on a wall says Car Park Open, in Canning Town, Newham, East London..
    electricity214-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • Tangled tricycle hangs in barbed wire of an electricity pylon on an estate in Beckton, East London.
    electricity247-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • The steel girders of an electricity pylon stands close between housing on an estate in Beckton, East London.
    electricity249-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • A pedestrian walks towards a walkway and electricity pylon near West Ham substation, Canning Town, London
    electricity264-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • Insulator discs and pylon at the electricity substation, South Bromley, seen from the Pylon Industrial Estate, London.
    electricity271-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • A clothes line merges with the lines of an electricity pylon near flats on the Hales Place estate in Canterbury
    electricity298-25-01-2008 .jpg
  • Dropped during construction of electricity pylons, a bolt and its nut lies on a forest floor, Clowes Wood, Chestfield, Kent
    electricity302-25-01-2008 .jpg
  • Camouflaged birdspotters peer through binoculars for wildlife at the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex
    electricity363-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Thorny plants in the foreground near an electricity pylon behind one foggy morning on Botany Marshes, Swanscombe, Kent
    electricity405-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • The outline of electricity cables stretch across a gloomy winter sky in woodland near Wrington, North Somerset England. Diagonally, the cables travel across the picture but they are part of a line of L6 pylons that have already crossed many miles of South-West England's countryside, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables to power some of Bristol's high supply demands. In the foreground we see the bare boughs and branches of trees creating a Sci-Fi scene of ugly 21st technology versus the beauty of nature. Insatiable appetites for raw power and energy means electricity is now an expensive comodity after climbing oil prices doubled electricity utility bills for some domestic users.
    electricity050-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • Peering through the steamy window of a Chinese restaurant in London's Chinatown district, we see the shapes and forms of kitchen staff and customers in this lively scene. In the window are rows of Peking Duck with their skins cooked a crispy dark brown. Meanwhile, surrounded by cooking utensils and implements, the tools of their trade, two chefs busy themselves in the kitchen area, one's face shows him to be ethnic Chinese who is rubbing his hands in a cloth before continuing his chores. Two European girls are waiting expectantly for their dishes to arrive. Obscured by the steam and heat, a waiter in green bustles about this small eaterie.
    electricity122-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • An adult business window displays the naughty underwear worn by five mannequin models of a Soho sex shop on Old Compton Street in London's West End. Tilted slightly to the left, we see the 5 models posing in various positions of suggestive stances, all demonstrating the shop's array of erotic clothing for the Good Time Girl! On the far right is the artwork of a topless woman, wearing only knee-length stockings. See from behind, the line-drawing of the female suggests a dancer on a Parisian stage act such as the Folies Bergere or Paradis Latin - variety performances for the male admirer. She looks over her left shoulder as if to wink in our direction, all part of the illusion of coquettish desire and greedy eroticism. Old Compton Street is known for cafes, bars and especially the gay, trans-gender scene and for sellers of erotic toy 'accessories'!
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  • As evening light fades, bright light from the electricity-hungry Canary Wharf docklands development is supplied by the voltage from electricity cables and supporting struts at an east London sub-station, England. A network of 110 miles of cables have stretched across 542 'L6' pylons across England's Kent countryside, from the coal-fired power station at Dungeness to this location, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables to power some of London's high supply demands. Insatiable appetites for energy means electricity is now an expensive commodity after climbing oil prices doubled electricity utility bills for some domestic users.
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  • Spinning turbine blades of the Wind farm near the Cornish town of Delabole in England are blurred against fast-fading light. We barely see the three blades as they revolve to produce electricity for the national grid. First operational in mid December 1991 they were a very controversial project with locals who saw them as a blot on their familiar c though it’s permission went ahead nonetheless. The 10 turbines operated by Windelectric are carefully positioned in existing hedge lines about 270 m apart and have an annual output of about 12 million Kw hours, which equals 1 years consumption by 2700 average homes (a small town). To produce the same amount of electricity by conventional means, about 2000 tonnes of oil or 5000 tonnes of coal would have to be burnt each year, this has a Co2 offset of 4,475 tonnes.
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  • As the UK's Conornavirus pandemic lockdown continues, but with travel restrictions and social distancing rules starting to ease after three months of closures and isolation, a London bus drives past a bus stop where advertising tells the public that buses are being cleaned with antiviral disinfectant, on 9th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Conornavirus pandemic lockdown continues, but with travel restrictions and social distancing rules starting to ease after three months of closures and isolation, a London bus drives past a bus stop where advertising tells the public that buses are being cleaned with antiviral disinfectant, on 9th June 2020, in London, England.
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  • A lorry driver is handed his change after buying a burger at a fast food trailer in Grays, Essex England. The large man has parked his vehicle in a truck stop car park for an early evening food snack. The lady serving him works in an outside mobile burger bar that stands at this popular spot for working men as they pass-by this industrial corridor on the River Thames. Meanwhile, the serving woman's friend sits sunning himself and scratching his head beneath a film poster for the British comedy 'Run Fat Boy, Run' with actor Simon Pegg. Further in the distance, the English Cross of St George flutters and a line of electricity pylons take a transmission cables into central London, taking power into the capital. This south Essex town in the Thames Gateway, is the location for dramatic increases of new housing developments.
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  • Electricity transmission, RSPB Rainham Marshes, Essex.<br />
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Specially selected text by Alain de Botton that accompanies a limited edition Lambda digital framed print created for an exhibition commissioned by and staged at The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The text is copyright Alain de Botton, 2009.<br />
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For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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  • Electricity transmission, Botany Marshes, Kent.<br />
<br />
Specially selected text by Alain de Botton that accompanies a limited edition Lambda digital framed print created for an exhibition commissioned by and staged at The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The text is copyright Alain de Botton, 2009.<br />
<br />
For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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