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== Definition ==
'''Renewable Energy'''. Renewable energy is energy taken from sources that are inexhaustible. As such, renewable energy covers wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and geothermal energy, ambient energy, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogas. (Art. 2 (1) Directive (EU) 2018/2001)
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'''Renewable Energy''' is [[Energy]] taken from sources that are inexhaustible. As such, renewable energy covers wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and geothermal energy, ambient energy, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogas<ref>(Art. 2 (1) Directive (EU) 2018/2001)</ref>
 
 
  
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[[Category:GHG Protocol]]

Revision as of 12:42, 31 May 2023

Definition

Renewable Energy is Energy taken from sources that are inexhaustible. As such, renewable energy covers wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and geothermal energy, ambient energy, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogas[1]

References

  1. (Art. 2 (1) Directive (EU) 2018/2001)