Renewable Sources Chart. In this interactive chart we see the share of primary energy consumption that came from renewable technologies the combination of hydropower solar wind geothermal wave tidal and modern biofuels traditional biomass which can be an important energy source in lower income settings is not included. Sum of components may not equal 100 because of independent rounding.
Biomass biomass or bio energy the energy from organic matter for thousands of years ever since people started burning wood to cook food. The term often also encompasses biomass as well whose carbon neutral status is under debate. Here is a list of the main types of practically utilized alternative energy sources.
Renewable sources of energy are the ones which can be generated continuously in nature and are inexhaustible.
Burning of fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases into our atmosphere. Renewable energy is useful energy that is collected from renewable resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale including carbon neutral sources like sunlight wind rain tides waves and geothermal heat. The list of renewable resources renewable energy is derived from various natural processes such as the sun s electromagnetic radiation tides or heat generation within the earth. Find out more about the main sources of renewable energy.
