renewables

renewables
renewable re‧new‧a‧ble [rɪˈnjuːəbl ǁ rɪˈnuː-] adjective
1. renewable materials, sources of energy etc will continue to exist or will grow again and are therefore never used up:

• investments in renewable energy projects such as solar power

— renewables noun [plural] :

• We assume that the price of fossil fuels will rise while the cost of renewables will fall.

2. COMMERCE a contract, agreement, deal etc that is renewable can be continued:

• Make sure the policy is annually renewable with reasonable rate increases.

• a 15-year renewable lease

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renewables UK US /rɪˈnjuːəblz/ US  /rɪˈnuːəbəlz/ noun [plural]
NATURAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT types of energy such as wind power and power from the sun, or that produced from crops, rather than energy produced using fuels such as oil or coal: »

the renewables industry

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20% of US energy should come from renewables by 2020.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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