renewable energy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
Finally, I have the impression that there’s an element of tough-guy posturing involved — real men don’t use renewable energy, or something.
2018 November 27, Paul Krugman, “The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page A22:
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(broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable) All non-fossil fuel energy sources, including those that consume limited resources; especially, nuclear power.
Renewable energy from nuclear, hydro, and solar sources constituted less than 10 percent of the world's energy consumption in 2009.
2013 April 8, World Bank, Atlas of Global Development: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges, World Bank Publications, →ISBN, page 125:
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| renewable energies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
nonrenewables · resource energy · fossil fuels
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
solar energy · hydroelectric · wind power · solar power · hydropower · sustainable energy · water power · wind energy · bioenergy
Relateds
geothermal · waterwheels · windmills · solar panels · sails · photovoltaics
Translations (30)
es energía renovable (energy collected from renewable resources) · ms tenaga boleh baharu (energy collected from renewable resources) · nl hernieuwbare energie (energy collected from renewable resources) · uk відно́влювана енерге́тика (energy collected from renewable resources) · uk відно́влювана ене́ргія (energy collected from renewable resources) · ru возобновля́емая эне́ргия (energy collected from renewable resources) · cmn 可再生能源 (energy collected from renewable resources) · de regenerative Energie (energy collected from renewable resources) · ro energie regenerabilă (energy collected from renewable resources) · az bərpa olunan enerji (energy collected from renewable resources) · it energia rinnovabile (energy collected from renewable resources) · eu energia berriztagarri (energy collected from renewable resources) · sw nishati jadidifu (energy collected from renewable resources) · id energi terbarukan (energy collected from renewable resources) · fa انرژی تجدیدپذیر (energy collected from renewable resources) · ru регенерати́вная эне́ргия (energy collected from renewable resources) · fr énergie renouvelable (energy collected from renewable resources) · th พลังงานทดแทน (energy collected from renewable resources) · cmn 再生能源 (energy collected from renewable resources) · fi uusiutuva energia (energy collected from renewable resources) · ja 再生可能エネルギー (energy collected from renewable resources) · ko 재생 에너지 (energy collected from renewable resources) · nl duurzame energie (energy collected from renewable resources) · de erneuerbare Energie (energy collected from renewable resources) · gl enerxía renovable (energy collected from renewable resources) · af hernubare energie (energy collected from renewable resources) · ro energie reînnoibilă (energy collected from renewable resources) · pl energia odnawialna (energy collected from renewable resources) · ka განახლებადი ენერგია (energy collected from renewable resources) · vi năng lượng tái tạo (energy collected from renewable resources)