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| + | ====== Renewable and non-renewable energy sources ====== | ||
| + | The energy that we use can have renewable or non-renewable origins. The Renewable indicator shows the percentage of consumed energy from renewable sources. While the detailed graph give a more exhaustive view on the sources of the consumed energy. The different labels are: | ||
| + | ===== Renewable sources ===== | ||
| + | * Ambient heat -> The ambient heat is taken from the ambient (air, lakes, river or ground) by [[heating_cogeneration|heat pumps]] and used for space heating and sanitary hot water. | ||
| + | * Elec. Photovoltaic -> Electricity produced by [[photovoltaic_more|photovoltaic panels]]. | ||
| + | * Elec. Wind -> Electricity produced by [[wind_energy_more|wind turbines]]. | ||
| + | * Elec. Hydro -> Electricity produced by [[hydro_river_more_2|run-of-river]] and [[hydro_dam_more_2|storage]] hydro power plants. | ||
| + | * Geothermal -> Electricity and heat produced by [[deep_geothermal_more_2|geothermal power plants]] and [[c_geo_more|geothermal cogeneration systems]]. | ||
| + | * Biomass -> It includes solid biomass (wood), biofuels (ethanol and biodiesel) and biogas. | ||
| + | * Solar thermal -> Heat produced by solar thermal panels. | ||
| + | ===== Non-renewable sources ===== | ||
| + | * Nuclear -> Heat produced in the [[nuclear_more|nuclear reactors]], that is converted into electricity and waste heat from power generation. | ||
| + | * Elec. Import -> Imported electricity from our neighbouring countries. | ||
| + | * Natural gas -> Natural gas for heat and/or electricity generation and for the transport sector. | ||
| + | * Heating oil -> Fuel oil for boilers and diesel for cogeneration engines. | ||
| + | * Transport oil -> Gasoline and diesel for the transport sector. | ||
| + | * Other fossil -> Coal and 50% of the incinerated waste. | ||
| + | [[general_indicators|Go back to general indicators]] | ||
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