renewable

comparative more renewable · superlative most renewable

1. Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.

   Under the pilot project, the private sector will supply, install, operate and maintain e-vehicle charging stations; monitor and verify the energy efficiency, performance and savings in using renewable energy; and optimize the use of clean energy.

   2023 January 19, Kris Crismundo, “RE-powered e-vehicle charging hubs eyed”, in Philippine News Agency

   Antonyms: non-renewable

2. Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.

   renewable energy

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   renewable resource

   renewable sources of energy

   Solar and wind power are renewable, but coal is not.

   Antonyms: non-renewable

plural renewables

1. A thing that is renewable
   1. A renewable resource or source of energy.

      Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.

      2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in The New York Times

   2. A renewable fuse; a fuse which can be opened in order to replace the element.

      You'll find the link can be removed from a "Union" Renewable and replaced before most fuses can be taken apart.

      1920, Textile World

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      It is a pretty safe bet that he can show you where you are using fuses of the wrong type (renewables for non-renewables and vice versa ) -or where fuses that ought to be good for twenty or more renewals are ready for the scrap

      1923, Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers, Association of Iron & Steel Electrical Engineers Monthly ...: Devoted to the Advancement of the Application of Electricity to the Iron and Steel and Allied Industries ...

      Here is a newly designed All-Purpose Superfuse. Use it wherever you need One-Times, Renewables or Dual Element fuses.

      1953, Electrical World