Renewable energy/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Earth science [r]: The study of the components and processes of the planet Earth. ^[e]
• Engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products. ^[e]
• Politics [r]: The process by which human beings living in communities make decisions and establish obligatory values for their members. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Biofuels [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Biodiesel [r]: A substitute for petroleum-based diesel, made from biological products ^[e]
• Biomass [r]: A source of renewable energy, is biological material such as wood, wood waste, municipal solid waste, straw, sugar cane, algae, and many other byproducts derived from agricultural and forestry production as well as other sources. ^[e]
  • Biomass gasification [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Biomass power plant [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Geothermal power plant [r]: An electrical power plant that extracts heat energy stored beneath Earth's surface and uses it to generate electricity. ^[e]
• Hydropower [r]: Diverse forms of power produced by or with water. ^[e]
• Solar power [r]: Energy sources based directly on the sun's electromagnetic radiation. ^[e]
• Tidal power [r]: Energy flows associated with tidal action. Some sources posit it to be an important alternative energy source. ^[e]
• Wave power [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wind power plant [r]: An electric power plant that converts air movement (wind) into a useful form of energy by using wind turbines to generate electricity. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Electric vehicle [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Energy efficiency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Energy (science) [r]: A measurable physical quantity of a system which can be expressed in joules (the metric unit for a quantity of energy) or other measurement units such as ergs, calories, watt-hours or Btu. ^[e]
• Greenhouse gas [r]: Gases in the atmosphere that absorb and emit long-wave radiation. ^[e]
• Heat [r]: A form of energy that flows spontaneously from hotter to colder bodies that are in thermal contact. ^[e]
• Hybrid vehicle [r]: A vehicle powered by two or more sources of energy. One common form of hybrid automobile, for example, has both gasoline and electric engines, along with technology for shifting between the two under different conditions with only limited attention or intervention by the driver. ^[e]
• Hydrogen economy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• International Renewable Energy Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Photovoltaic [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rocky Mountain Institute [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sustainable energy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wind [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wind turbine [r]: Add brief definition or description

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