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Alternative energy


Energy derived from nontraditional sources (e.g., compressed natural gas, solar, hydroelectric, wind). [2]
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Energy as solar, wind, hydro, nuclear or other, that can replace or supplement traditional fossil-fuel based sources of energy as coal, oil, and natural gas.
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energy sources that provide an alternative to fossil fuels 
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Electricity generated using resources that are replaced naturally. Renewable energy may include fuels and technologies such as solar photovoltaic energy, solar thermal energy, wind power, low head hydropower, geothermal energy, and biomass energy. Alternative energy sources include landfill- and mine-based methane gas, and energy from waste.
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Often referred to as renewable energy, alternative energy is energy that comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat instead of carbon-based sources (like coa [..]
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Renewable energy sources, such as wind, flowing water, solar energy and biomass, which create less environmental damage and pollution than fossil fuels.
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Alternative energy is an umbrella term that refers to any source of usable energy intended to replace fuel sources (fossil fuels and nuclear energy) without the undesired consequences of high carbon dioxide emissions -- the major contributing factor of global warming. Examples of alternative energy include wind power and solar polar. (SOURCE: AeroV [..]
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Energy from a source other than the conventional fossil-fuel sources of oil, natural gas and coal (i.e., wind, running water, the sun). Also referred to as “alternative fuel.” Milliken seeks renewable [..]
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Energy produced from sources other than fossil fuels such as coal or oil, including solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass.
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 is any energy source that is an alternative to fossil fuel. These alternatives are intended to address concerns about such fossil fuels. The nature of what constitutes an alternative energy source ha [..]
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Energy derived from sources other than the burning of coal petroleum or natural gas or from nuclear fusion or nuclear fìssìon. Examples of alternative energy installations are biogas, solar power, hyd [..]
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Alternative energy


 Power from an energy source that does not involve the combustion of fossil fuels.
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