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"Renewable" energy is the term used to describe those energy flows that occur naturally and repeatedly in the environment, eg from the sun, the wind and the oceans, and from plants and the fall of water. It also refers to the energy available from wastes and to the emerging clean technology of fuel cells.
There are a wide range of renewable energy technologies and
resources: