adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a renewable resource (= one that replaces itself naturally, or is easily replaced )
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Trees are a renewable resource.
renewable energy (= energy such as solar or wind energy that can be replaced naturally )
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Switching to sources of renewable energy will reduce carbon emissions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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energy
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The production of renewable energy sources should also be promoted through grants, soft loans and fiscal incentives, the report concluded.
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It is encouraging to see that some organisations are taking renewable energy seriously.
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The workshop was attended by some 30 industrialists, financiers and renewable energy specialists from around the world.
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Double government spending on renewable energy research.
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It operates via the regional electricity companies, which must pay a premium price for renewable energy .
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The report begins with a background review of the status of renewable energy technologies in the late 1980s.
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Energy efficiency and renewable energy go hand in hand.
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Howard justified overruling the recommendation saying it was national policy to proceed as quickly as possible with renewable energy projects.
resource
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The basic challenge for sustainable agriculture is to maximise the use of locally-available and renewable resources .
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Trees are a renewable resource that when managed properly can sustain our needs indefinitely.
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Do we aggressively develop renewable resources ?
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Paper Association, which points out that paper-producing wood is a renewable resource .
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The alternative is a small-scale industry, based on renewable resources - but designing this requires chemical expertise too.
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Today, very late, we are coming to accept the fact that the harvest of renewable resources must be controlled.
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This is essential if renewable resources like forests are to be maintained in a state that is conducive to future use.
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Data in essence were a free and renewable resource contributed by members of the cooperative and cooperatives like them around the world.
source
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And we should develop renewable sources of energy.
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No, not really, not if we were creating our own heat and light from natural renewable sources .
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That energy and enthusiasm didn't, alas, spring from a perpetual renewable source .
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Support tree planting schemes, the development of wind power and other renewable sources of energy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The 'green' housing community uses renewable energy sources such as solar power.
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The problem with fossil fuels is that they are not renewable .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both groups favour investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.
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Contracts are made for an initial 4 years, renewable up to an additional 4-year period.
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It operates via the regional electricity companies, which must pay a premium price for renewable energy.
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The basic challenge for sustainable agriculture is to maximise the use of locally-available and renewable resources.
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The duration of section 2 may be up to 28 days and of section 3 up to six months, although it is renewable .
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Today, very late, we are coming to accept the fact that the harvest of renewable resources must be controlled.
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Trees are a renewable resource that when managed properly can sustain our needs indefinitely.
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We aren't powered by renewable energy.