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Renewable Energy Source Adoption

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Affordable and Clean Energy

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Clean energy resources adoption; Green and sustainable energy acceptance; Natural and bio energy implementation

Definition

Renewable energy is synonyms to clean energy, alternative energy, “green” manufacturing, and sustainable technology (Michael et al. 2017). Renewable energy resources have virtually inexhaustible nature; however, the rate of energy available at a given time is limited (Energy Information Administration 2019). The energy sources are energy supplies that are restocked naturally as often as they are consumed.

Sun is the primary source of all forms of renewable energy and can be used directly as a solar heater or indirectly as hydroelectric power, photovoltaic cells, wind power, or power from biomass fuel. Generally, renewable energy source can be depleted as its rates of consumption is more than its generation hence the need for energy conservation. Energy conservation is deliberately using less energy to limit greenhouse effect when fossil fuel is used and to...

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  1. National Biotechnology Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria

    Thomas Adedayo Ayorinde

  2. Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun state, Nigeria

    Yemi Olayinka Olasebikan

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Ayorinde, T.A., Olasebikan, Y.O. (2020). Renewable Energy Source Adoption. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_33-1

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