The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to renewable energy:
Renewable energy (or green energy, low-carbon energy) is energy from renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale. Mainstream renewable energy options include solar energy, wind power, hydropower, bioenergy and geothermal power. Renewable energy installations can be large or small. They are suited for urban as well as rural areas. Renewable energy is often deployed together with further electrification. This has several benefits: electricity can move heat or objects efficiently, and is clean at the point of consumption. Variable renewable energy sources are those that are not dispatchable due to their fluctuating nature, such as wind power and solar power. In contrast, controllable renewable energy sources include dammed hydroelectricity, bioenergy, or geothermal power. Using renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies is resulting in more energy security, climate change mitigation, and economic benefits.
What type of thing is renewable energy?
Renewable energy can be described as all of the following:
Types of renewable energy
Renewable energy technologies
History of renewable energy
- History of geothermal power
- History of hydropower
- History of solar power
- History of wave power
- History of wind power
- History of energy storage
Renewable energy by region
Renewable energy politics
Renewable energy policy
Renewable energy economics
Renewable energy organizations
Renewable energy organizations
- Geothermal power organizations
- Hydropower organizations
- Solar power organizations
- Tidal power organizations
- Wave power organizations
- Wind power organizations
Renewable energy publications
- Books about renewable energy
- Geothermal power publications
- Hydropower publications
- Solar power publications
- Tidal power publications
- Wave power publications
- Wind power publications
Persons influential in renewable energy
See also
- Outline of energy
- Index of solar energy articles
- List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
- List of countries by electricity production from renewable sources
- List of energy storage projects
- Lists of environmental topics
- List of geothermal power stations
- List of hydroelectric power stations
- List of largest hydroelectric power stations
- List of offshore wind farms
- Lists of offshore wind farms by country
- Lists of offshore wind farms by water area
- List of onshore wind farms
- List of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
- List of photovoltaics companies
- List of photovoltaic power stations
- List of pioneering solar buildings
- List of rooftop photovoltaic installations
- List of solar car teams
- List of solar powered products
- List of solar thermal power stations
- List of U.S. states by electricity production from renewable sources
- Lists of wind farms by country
- List of wind farms in Australia
- List of wind farms in Canada
- List of wind farms in Iran
- List of wind farms in Romania
- List of wind farms in Sweden
- List of wind farms in the United States
- List of wind turbine manufacturers
References
External links
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- http://tethys.pnnl.gov/ Tethys is an online knowledge management system that provides the marine and hydrokinetic energy (MHK) and offshore wind (OSW) communities with access to information and scientific literature on environmental effects of MHK and OSW developments.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to renewable energy:
Renewable energy (or green energy, low-carbon energy) is energy from renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale. Mainstream renewable energy options include solar energy, wind power, hydropower, bioenergy and geothermal power. Renewable energy installations can be large or small. They are suited for urban as well as rural areas. Renewable energy is often deployed together with further electrification. This has several benefits: electricity can move heat or objects efficiently, and is clean at the point of consumption. Variable renewable energy sources are those that are not dispatchable due to their fluctuating nature, such as wind power and solar power. In contrast, controllable renewable energy sources include dammed hydroelectricity, bioenergy, or geothermal power. Using renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies is resulting in more energy security, climate change mitigation, and economic benefits.
What type of thing is renewable energy?
Renewable energy can be described as all of the following:
Types of renewable energy
Renewable energy technologies
History of renewable energy
- History of geothermal power
- History of hydropower
- History of solar power
- History of wave power
- History of wind power
- History of energy storage
Renewable energy by region
Renewable energy politics
Renewable energy policy
Renewable energy economics
Renewable energy organizations
Renewable energy organizations
- Geothermal power organizations
- Hydropower organizations
- Solar power organizations
- Tidal power organizations
- Wave power organizations
- Wind power organizations
Renewable energy publications
- Books about renewable energy
- Geothermal power publications
- Hydropower publications
- Solar power publications
- Tidal power publications
- Wave power publications
- Wind power publications
Persons influential in renewable energy
See also
- Outline of energy
- Index of solar energy articles
- List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
- List of countries by electricity production from renewable sources
- List of energy storage projects
- Lists of environmental topics
- List of geothermal power stations
- List of hydroelectric power stations
- List of largest hydroelectric power stations
- List of offshore wind farms
- Lists of offshore wind farms by country
- Lists of offshore wind farms by water area
- List of onshore wind farms
- List of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
- List of photovoltaics companies
- List of photovoltaic power stations
- List of pioneering solar buildings
- List of rooftop photovoltaic installations
- List of solar car teams
- List of solar powered products
- List of solar thermal power stations
- List of U.S. states by electricity production from renewable sources
- Lists of wind farms by country
- List of wind farms in Australia
- List of wind farms in Canada
- List of wind farms in Iran
- List of wind farms in Romania
- List of wind farms in Sweden
- List of wind farms in the United States
- List of wind turbine manufacturers
References
External links
-
Definitions from Wiktionary
-
Media from Commons
-
News from Wikinews
-
Quotations from Wikiquote
-
Texts from Wikisource
-
Textbooks from Wikibooks
-
Resources from Wikiversity
- http://tethys.pnnl.gov/ Tethys is an online knowledge management system that provides the marine and hydrokinetic energy (MHK) and offshore wind (OSW) communities with access to information and scientific literature on environmental effects of MHK and OSW developments.