clean energy

noun

1. energy, as electricity or nuclear power, that does not pollute the atmosphere when used, as opposed to coal and oil, that do.

Example Sentences

The speech showed the sharply diverging attitude of U.S. and Chinese leadership toward clean energy and climate change.

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The Chinese plan promises an expansion of clean energy.

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It pledges a more than sixfold expansion of wind and solar compared with 2020 levels by 2035, aiming for clean energy to account for 30% of China’s total energy consumption by then.

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The fact that Xi himself announced the plan, by video address to a U.N. climate conference, showed that the government is committed to clean energy, some analysts said.

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In the past, we’ve seen themes around marijuana distribution and clean energy, for example.

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