Renewable energy

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-023821

1. Energy obtained from sources that are essentially inexhaustible, unlike, for example, the fossil fuels, of which there is a finite supply. Renewable sources of energy include wood, waste, geothermal, wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal energy.

2. The term renewable energy generally refers to electricity supplied from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, geothermal, hydropower, and various forms of biomass. These energy sources are considered renewable sources because they are continuously replenished on the Earth.

3. Energy and electricity supplied from continually replenished energy sources, such as wind and solar power, geothermal, hydropower, and various forms of biomass.

4. Renewable energy is derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly. In its various forms, it derives directly from the sun, or from heat generated deep within the earth. Included in the definition is electricity and heat generated from solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, biomass, geothermal resources, and biofuels and hydrogen derived from renewable resources.

5. Energy resources that are naturally replenishing such as biomass, hydro, geothermal, solar, wind, ocean thermal, wave action, and tidal action.

6. Energy obtained from sources that are essentially inexhaustible, unlike, for example, the fossil fuels, of which there is a finite supply. Renewable sources of energy include wood, waste, geothermal, wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal energy. See hydropower, photovoltaic.

7. Energy that can be replenished in a short period of time such as energy from solar, wind, water or geothermal sources. Typically, there is little concern that these sources of energy will become scarce or used up, unlike fossil fuels.

8. The term renewable energy generally refers to electricity supplied from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, geothermal, hydropower, and various forms of biomass. These energy sources are considered renewable sources because their fuel sources are continuously replenished.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-023821
Field	Environment
Subject	Natural environments
References	Web Taxonomy-Pollution Prevention Topics; Clean Energy Glossary; Top Green Home Terms; State and Local Climate and Energy Program Glossary of Terms; State and Local Climate and Energy Glossary; Glossary of Climate Change Terms; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Greenhouse Emissions Glossary; My NASA Data Glossary; GPP Glossary; Green Power Markets Glossary

Record as JSON

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  "subject": "Natural environments",
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    "Web Taxonomy-Pollution Prevention Topics",
    "Clean Energy Glossary",
    "Top Green Home Terms",
    "State and Local Climate and Energy Program Glossary of Terms; State and Local Climate and Energy Glossary",
    "Glossary of Climate Change Terms",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Greenhouse Emissions Glossary",
    "My NASA Data Glossary",
    "GPP Glossary; Green Power Markets Glossary"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/renewable-energy/"
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