renewable energy technology
1Renewable energy commercialization — The wind, Sun, and biomass are three renewable energy sources …
2Renewable energy development — TOC Renewable energy development covers the advancement, capacity growth, and use of renewable energy sources. Modern interest in renewable energy development is linked to concerns about exhaustion and greenhouse gases of fossil fuels and… …
3Renewable energy in Africa — The developing nations of Africa are popular locations for the application of renewable energy technology. Currently, many nations already have small scale solar, wind, and geothermal devices in operation providing energy to urban and rural… …
4Renewable energy in the European Union — The countries of the European Union are currently the global leaders in the development and application of renewable energy. Promoting the use of renewable energy sources is important both to the reduction of the EU s dependence on foreign energy …
5Renewable energy in Spain — Spain as a whole has the target of generating 30% of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2010, with half of that amount coming from wind power. In 2006, 20% of the total electricity demand was already produced with renewable… …
6renewable energy — UK US noun [U] ► NATURAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT energy that is produced using the sun, wind, etc., or from crops, rather than using fuels such as oil or coal: »the renewable energy industry »renewable energy projects/sources/technology »With sky… …
7Renewable energy — Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm, at the entrance to the River Mersey in North West England …
8Renewable energy in Australia — Australia s renewable energy industries cover numerous energy sources and stages of commercialisation. Renewable energy technologies currently contribute about 6 per cent of Australia s total energy supply and some 8 per cent of Australia s… …
9Renewable energy in China — China’s rapid economic growth and heavy reliance on increasingly expensive foreign oil, the vast environmental toll that is one of the most apparent costs of China s economic success, persistent rural poverty in China and periodic power shortages …
10Renewable energy in Scotland — The production of renewable energy in Scotland is an issue that has come to the fore in technical, economic, and political terms during the opening years of the 21st century. [See for example: Scottish Executive (2005) Choosing Our Future:… …
