How to Use renewable in a Sentence
renewable
adjective- Wind and water are renewable fuel sources.
- Forests are renewable natural resources, but they must be treated with care.
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And so much of that comes from these investment in the power grid and in renewable energy.
— CBS News, 4 Jan. 2023 -
The decline belies enormous demand for renewable projects.
— Jennifer Hiller, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2023 -
The college town planned to buy renewable energy and electrify its buses, among other things.
— Justin Worland, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Fixing Eskom’s aging fleet and bringing new renewable energy projects online won’t fix load shedding overnight.
— Hanna Ziady, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023 -
To that end, the developers insist that the project will be run on renewable energy and operated sustainably.
— Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2024 -
With many more transmission lines needed to support renewable energy projects, the public fights are expected to get even more cantankerous.
— IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2023 -
As data centers across the world look to move cryptocurrency mining toward renewable energy, switching to nuclear may serve as one way to clean up the industry.
— Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023 -
Globally, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is forecast to result in a net increase in jobs for the energy sector.
— Christopher Boone, The Conversation, 5 Jan. 2023 -
That is why the world's leading climate experts say that the best way to reduce the impacts of climate change is to end the reliance on fossil fuels and transition to cleaner and renewable energy.
— Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024 -
The legislature should position Colorado to be a leader in renewable energy.
— The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 -
The idea is that a virtual power plant made up of a fleet of electric vehicles in communication with the grid might be able to schedule charging for a time of day when renewable energy is the most abundant.
— Justine Calma, The Verge, 11 Jan. 2023 -
The industry grapples with meeting the soaring demands for semiconductors and renewable energy.
— Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 -
In all but one case, the renewable project required less cash.
— Carly Wanna, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2023 -
The brand has also tripled its use of renewable plastics in less than three years.
— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2023 -
Two decades have passed since the first state law was passed to force a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
— Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023 -
The grid operator was then able to split the costs even among states that didn’t have renewable policies but would share in the rewards.
— Brad Plumer, New York Times, 13 May 2024 -
On the one hand, there are real gains in renewable energy.
— Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023 -
For more than a decade, renewable energy has been thought of as a low-cost alternative for the Texas grid.
— Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 3 May 2023 -
The deal calls for tripling the use of renewable energy, and offshore wind will be crucial to meeting that target.
— Jennifer McDermott, Fortune Europe, 4 Jan. 2024 -
But there's more to credit for the grid's surplus than just renewable energy.
— Dennis Romero, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023 -
But, for some, having a stone made with renewable energy is something to brag about.
— Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024 -
But the current rate of renewable adoption is still far below what is needed to meet climate goals.
— Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2023 -
Observers note there is still progress to be made in terms of prices and updates to the grid to accommodate the increase in renewable energy.
— Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2023 -
Plus, it’s made from renewable rubber tree wood, and for every tree used to build this toy, another one is planted.
— Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024 -
In the cooking oil rift, U.S. growers of soy and other crops used to make renewable diesel stand to lose the most from the trade imbroglio, according to agriculture traders.
— Tarso Veloso, Fortune Asia, 14 May 2024 -
But the idea of a new mine that could help power the transition to renewable energy has received broad support.
— Dionne Searcey Arin Yoon, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023 -
And as far as wardrobe staples go, these $7 lightweight tank tops match everything, made from a smooth fabric that comes from renewable wood.
— Melissa Epifano, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024 -
Then when the interest in renewable energy began to rise, the oil and gas industry was seen as the enemy.
— Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 21 June 2023
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