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renewable energy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (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:
  2. (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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Antonyms

nonrenewables · resource energy · fossil fuels

Hypernyms

renewables · energy

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)