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Energy is defined renewable energy (RE) if it is gained from sources which are not depleted by use or if the sources can be recovered in human time scale. In contrast to nuclear and fossil fuels, which are in principal limited resources (BGR 2017), renewable energy is infinitely available in a time frame relevant for humanity (Quaschning 2016). Limitless sources for energy are geothermal energy, planetary energy, and solar energy.
Introduction
Availability of energy for heating, communication, illumination, and other purposes is crucial for modern societies and economies. Therefore, the security of energy supply is important. Increasing population and increasing standards of living led and lead to a continuous increase of energy consumption (BP 2019a). An increase of the global energy demand by more than one quarter (IEA 2018a) to around one third (BP 2019a) of today’s demand by...
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Buder, I. (2020). Energy-Renewable. In: Idowu, S., Schmidpeter, R., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., Del Baldo, M., Abreu, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02006-4_299-1
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