Draft:Outline of renewable energy

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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?[edit]

Renewable energy can be described as all of the following:

Types of renewable energy[edit]

Renewable energy technologies[edit]

History of renewable energy[edit]

History of renewable energy

Renewable energy by region[edit]

Renewable energy politics[edit]

Renewable energy policy[edit]

Renewable energy economics[edit]

Renewable energy organizations[edit]

Renewable energy organizations

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Persons influential in renewable energy[edit]

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  • 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.