renewable energy

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renewable energy (countable and uncountable, plural renewable energies)

1. Energy that is collected from renewable resources, such as wind, water, or the sun, usually and especially as applied to a category of electrical generation.
   • 2018 November 27, Paul Krugman, “The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, page A22:

     Finally, I have the impression that there’s an element of tough-guy posturing involved — real men don’t use renewable energy, or something.

• fossil fuels
• nonrenewables
• resource energy

• energy
• renewables

• bioenergy, hydroelectric, hydropower, solar energy, solar power, water power, wind energy, wind power

• geothermal
• photovoltaics
  • solar panels
• sails
• waterwheels
• windmills