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Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. After the 1973 oil crisis, the limitations of an energy system based on fossil fuels created an urgent need to. The book presents a balanced and useful exposition of the complex historical regulation of the eu electricity market based on renewable energy. There are so many books about sustainable energy and alternative.
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