renewable energy

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Noun

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^[1], →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.

Antonyms

• fossil fuels
• nonrenewables
• resource energy

Hypernyms

• energy
• renewables

Hyponyms

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

Translations

energy collected from renewable resources

• Azerbaijani: bərpa olunan enerji
• Basque: energia berriztagarri
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可再生能源 (kězàishēng néngyuán), 再生能源 (zh) (zàishēng néngyuán)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: uusiutuva energia
• French: énergie renouvelable (fr) f
• Georgian: განახლებადი ენერგია (ganaxlebadi energia)
• German: erneuerbare Energie f, regenerative Energie f
• Indonesian: energi terbarukan
• Italian: energia rinnovabile f
• Japanese: 再生可能エネルギー (ja) (saisei-kanō enerugī)
• Korean: 재생 에너지 (jaesaeng eneoji)
• Malay: tenaga boleh baharu
• Persian: انرژی تجدیدپذیر (enerži-ye tajdidpazir)
• Polish: energia odnawialna f
• Romanian: energie regenerabilă, energie reînnoibilă
• Russian: возобновля́емая эне́ргия f (vozobnovljájemaja enérgija), регенерати́вная эне́ргия f (regeneratívnaja enérgija)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: energía renovable (es) f
• Thai: พลังงานทดแทน (th) (pá-lang-ngaan-tót-tɛɛn)
• Ukrainian: відно́влювана ене́ргія f (vidnóvljuvana enérhija) (the energy itself), відно́влювана енерге́тика f (vidnóvljuvana enerhétyka) (considered as an industry or system)
• Vietnamese: năng lượng tái tạo (vi)

See also

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