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The term “renewable energy” is used for a source of energy from a reservoir that can be restored on a “short time scale” (in human time scales). Renewable energy includes geothermal energy and several forms of solar energy such as bio-energy (bio-fuel), hydroelectric, wind-energy, photovoltaic and solar-thermal energy. These sources of energy are converted to heat or electricity for utilization. An example: The “renewable” aspect of burning firewood in a cooking stove lies in the relatively short period of time required to regrow chopped down forests with solar energy and the process of photosynthesis. In contrast, it will take much more time to “renew” coal beds when burning coal for the same purpose, although geological processes will eventually form new coal beds. The “renewable” aspect of geothermal energy will be explained and discussed in detail in this chapter and Chap. 3.
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Stober, I., Bucher, K. (2021). Thermal Structure of the Earth. In: Geothermal Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71685-1_1
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