Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Capable of being renewed.
  • adjective Relating to or being a commodity or resource, such as solar energy or firewood, that is inexhaustible or replaceable by new growth.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being renewed: as, a lease renewable at pleasure.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being renewed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.
  • adjective of a resource Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply; not finite.
  • noun A thing that is renewable; especially, a renewable source of energy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being renewed; replaceable
  • adjective that can be renewed or extended

Etymologies

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renew +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Slide 7: renewable versus not renewable* • viral marketing • pr and blogs

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Look - I-937 already requires utilities to invest in renewable energy resource - so the goal of a greater percentage of our energy resources being renewable is already being met.

    Republicans Try to Save Renewable Energy Tax Incentive « PubliCola 2010

  • The Plan also doesn't change the qualifier for hydroelectric power, continuing to view electricity from Hydro Québec as a renewable source, unlike other Atlantic coast states New Hampshire and Connecticut, for example, which only provide the label "renewable" to smaller hydroelectric projects, at least where RPS standards are concerned.

    All Stories 2011

  • And according to Majeed while the term renewable energy has become a familiar catchphrase in Guyana, there was still the need to link the concept to solar energy.

    Stabroek News 2009

  • But until electricity demand recovers, governments will be under little pressure to encourage new investment in renewable energy to meet green targets — and investors are likely to remain wary.

    Cold Winds Blow For Enel Green Power IPO Matthew Curtin 2010

  • Publicly funded incentives that helped fuel a boom in renewable-energy projects across Europe — including wind farms that mushroomed throughout Spain and rooftop solar panels that boomed in Germany — now are being reined in as a result of austerity measures prompted by the sovereign-debt crisis.

    Italy Stacy Meichtry 2010

  • If those of you who refuse to believe the science are wrong and we fail to invest in renewable forms of energy, we will destroy much – if not all – of the Earth.

    Palin calls for Obama to boycott climate change conference 2009

  • Some of the new ads are signed by non-profit groups that work with Chevron, such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Cleantech Open, an organization that promotes companies specializing in renewable energy and green technologies.

    Chevron Ad Campaign Answers Critics Head-On Ben Casselman 2010

  • For utilities to claim "credit" for hydro like Grand Coulee to meet those portfolio standards (as Reading suggests) would be just a shell game - it would get our region exactly nowhere if our goal is to increase investments in renewable energy resources.

    Democrats and Enviros Clash on Renewable Energy Tax Break « PubliCola 2010

  • Due to its sheer size and sunny climate, the City of Los Angeles has great potential to become a world leader in renewable energy resources.

    Evelyn Lee | Inhabitat 2010

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    March 23, 2011