Fears about pollution from coal and oil, and doubts about the safety of nuclear power have put energy production at the top of the political agenda. Yet almost unnoticed, the British countryside is brimful with safe, renewable energy: wind, waves, the sun - even farm waste.
Chris Baines reports from Jutland and Eero in Denmark, where rural schemes are already in hand, and discovers how
Calstock in Devon could be self-supporting in energy - and could even have the capacity to supply another three small towns.
Plus the weather for the countryside at 12.55pm with Bill Giles.
Producer Alan Miller
Editor Michael Fitzgerald BBC Pebble Mill