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Energy Sources: Concepts and Their Classifications

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Affordable and Clean Energy

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  1. Brazilian Institute for Energy Law Studies – IBDEnergia, EDP Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil

    Lucas Noura de Moraes Rêgo Guimarães

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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. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

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

    Tony Wall

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  1. University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil

    Luciana Londero Brandli

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de Moraes Rêgo Guimarães, L.N. (2020). Energy Sources: Concepts and Their Classifications. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., 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_5-1

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