green power

Sustainable electricity source

Green power is electricity generated from renewable sources—solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal—rather than fossil fuels.

The term emphasizes environmental benefit: Our utility offers a green power option for an extra few cents per kilowatt-hour.

Some use green power more broadly for any environmentally conscious energy policy or the political influence of environmental movements.

Opposites
energy source type

green powerfossil fuels

Combustible prehistoric organic deposits

coal power · oil · natural gas · petroleum · dirty energy

environmental impact

green powerdirty power

Electricity with interference

greenhouse gas emissions · mountaintop removal · tar sands · strip mining

environmental philosophy

green powerclimate denial

Rejecting scientific consensus on warming

environmental degradation

Family

green, power, greens, greenhouse, greenery, greenish, greenness, evergreen, greening

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G