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renewables

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plural noun

  1. sources of alternative energy, such as wind and wave power

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A surge in domestic natural gas supplies unleashed by the shale boom undercut coal’s economics, as did cheap renewables, while state environmental policies accelerated the shift away from coal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jim McMahon, head of the energy practice at Charles River Associates, said the closures were driven by a combination of high costs, the availability of cheaper renewables and an era of flat electricity demand.

From The Wall Street Journal

And half of Northern Ireland's energy comes from renewables – a new support scheme was announced last year to support their expansion although there are concerns that local generation is stagnating.

From BBC

"If we succeed in avoiding the use of harmful substances in the production of green hydrogen and we can also bring it to a similar price level as fossil hydrogen in economic terms, we will have taken an important step towards the green transition. This also makes it more attractive for other applications, such as storing surplus energy from renewables."

From Science Daily

It’s a major early deployment of a technology that allows the grid to lean more heavily on weather-dependent renewables.

From The Wall Street Journal