renewables
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Chief Executive Meg O’Neill oversees a shift back to fossil fuels after a failed renewables foray and Chairman Albert Manifold’s firing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
In 2025, renewables reached 34 percent of global electricity generation, overtaking coal's 33 percent share for the first time in 100 years, according to energy think tank Ember.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The rise in renewables adoption across the U.S. was already expected to cause battery installations to increase steadily through the decade, but data centers will supercharge the growth rate, according to Morgan Stanley.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
“It became clear that the project would be insufficiently competitive to meet our customers’ need for affordable, low carbon products,” Machteld de Haan, Shell’s downstream, renewables and energy solutions president, said at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Yet there is a stark contrast between China's world-leading renewables ambitions and its enduring reliance on coal.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
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