energy sources
Where electricity comes
Energy sources are the origins from which usable power is derived.
The term encompasses fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas, as well as renewables such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric power.
Nuclear energy and geothermal heat also qualify.
The country is diversifying its energy sources to reduce dependence on imported oil.
The phrase often appears in discussions of sustainability and climate policy.
- fossil fuelEnergy from decomposed organisms
- oil rigOffshore petroleum extraction structure
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- nuclear reactorControlled fission energy source
power plant · hydropower · solar · solar panels · wind · wind farms · nuclear fission · crude oil · tar sands · shale oil · hydrogen fuel · hydroelectric · off the grid · pyrolysis · grid · battery · sustainable · generator
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- eco-friendly actionsrecycling, solar power, turning off lights, composting, walking
- fuelfuel, diesel, gasoline, petroleum, crude oil
- life originsabiogenesis, biogenesis, primordial soup, panspermia, origin of life
energy sourcesfossil fuels
Combustible prehistoric organic deposits
nonrenewable resources · finite resources · coal · oil · natural gas
energy sourcesenergy consumption
Rate of power use
power consumption · energy expenditure · energy loss · energy demand · loads
energy sourcesenergy storage
Capturing power for later
batteries · capacitors · power grid · energy distribution · energy infrastructure
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