alternative energy

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   energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment

   Broaderenergy

   Narrowersolar energywind generation

Questions about alternative energy

What does alternative energy mean?

alternative energy means "energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment".

Is alternative energy a common word?

alternative energy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.