alternative energy
energy, as solar, wind, or nuclear energy, that can replace or supplement traditional fossil-fuel sources, as coal, oil, and natural gas.
Origin of alternative energy
1Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use alternative energy in a sentence
Long before it was trendy, Carter preached the gospel of alternative energy.
Carter in Oscarland: The Rehabilitation of the 39th President | Douglas Brinkley | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs such, it is another one of the victims of the bizarre politicization of alternative energy.
But since the election of President Obama, Congressional Republicans have generally opposed efforts to back alternative energy.
One of those is alternative energy, on which the story gets even weirder.
The soaring price of fossil fuels could inspire alternative-energy initiatives.
We can promote alternative energy sources and conservation, and we must.
British Dictionary definitions for alternative energy
a form of energy derived from a natural source, such as the sun, wind, tides, or waves: Also called: renewable energy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse