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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Renewable Energy
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

Source of heat and power that ... rely on [other sources than] fossil fuels or nuclear fission.

OBS

These include solar energy, hydroelectric energy, wind energy, wave energy, tidal energy, biological energy sources, nuclear fusion, geothermal energy and ocean thermal energy conversion. The term may also be understood to include nuclear fission and such fossil fuels as are presently little used, such as oil shales and tar sands.

OBS

renewable energy source: term used at the Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada, and extracted from its 2001 Annual Report.

Key term(s)
  • alternative energy sources
  • renewable energy sources

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergies renouvelables
  • Économie environnementale
OBS

Les énergies de substitution [proviennent de] la conversion de l'énergie solaire, de l'énergie hydroélectrique, de l'énergie éolienne, de l'énergie des vagues, de l'énergie marémotrice, de la fusion nucléaire, de l'énergie géothermique et de l'énergie thermique des mers.

OBS

sources d'énergie de remplacement : terme en usage à l'Office de l'efficacité énergétique, Ressources naturelles Canada, et tiré de son rapport annuel de 2001.

OBS

source d'énergie renouvelable; source d'énergie de substitution; source d'énergie de remplacement : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • sources d'énergie renouvelable
  • sources d'énergie de remplacement
  • sources d'énergie de substitution

Spanish

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