clean energy

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Ivanpah qualifies as clean energy and California has committed to 100% clean energy by 2045.

From Los Angeles Times

While Ivanpah has never operated at its target of 940,000 megawatt-hours of clean energy per year, it is still providing electricity, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Constellation CEO Joe Dominguez told Barron’s last year the company would be open to buying more assets as it becomes a dominant electricity producer, focused on growing its clean energy portfolio in particular.

From Barron's

“It is not only self-defeating to let other countries write the global rules of the road for the inevitable transition to clean energy, but also to skip out on trillions of dollars in investment, jobs, lower energy costs and new markets for American clean technologies.”

From Los Angeles Times

The tech industry has been driving the revival of nuclear energy in the U.S., including a deal between Constellation Energy and Microsoft to restart Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear power disaster in the country; Meta’s deal with Constellation to secure power from the Clinton Clean Energy Center, an already operating nuclear plant in Illinois; and Google’s partnership with NextEra Energy to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant in Iowa that was closed after damage from a windstorm.

From The Wall Street Journal