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renewable

[ ri-noo, -nyoo ]

adjective

  1. able to be renewed:

    a library book that is not renewable.



noun

  1. something that is renewable.

renewable

/ ĭ-Դ̅̅ə-ə /

  1. Relating to a natural resource, such as solar energy, water, or wood, that is never used up or that can be replaced by new growth. Resources that are dependent on regrowth can sometimes be depleted beyond the point of renewability, as when the deforestation of land leads to desertification or when a commercially valuable species is harvested to extinction. Pollution can also make a renewable resource such as water unusable in a particular location.
  2. Compare nonrenewable
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·Աa·i·ٲ noun
  • ԴDzr·Աa· adjective
  • ܲr·Աa· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of renewable1

First recorded in 1720–30; renew + -able
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The renewable energy firm told Newyddion S4C it made 11 applications to gain access to land to complete surveys and that court hearings have been confirmed on 7 and 14 April.

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The U.S. taxing goods like solar panels also motivated Chinese companies involved in renewable energy to expand their supply chain in Vietnam, Thailand and even Cambodia.

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They include all electricity costs outside the price of the fuel itself and are split into network charges like distribution and transmission costs, and policy costs such as funding for government initiatives like renewable energy.

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Mr Nelson believes this exposure may also have encouraged talented citizens to become founders or investors in defence tech, rather than other fast-growing industries in Europe such as renewable energy or financial technologies.

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Such issues include communicable diseases, water management and renewable energy.

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