renewable

adj

1. Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.

   “Under the pilot project, the private sector will supply, install, operate and maintain e-vehicle charging stations; monitor and verify the energy efficiency, performance and savings in using renewable energy; and optimize the use of clean energy.”

2. Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.

   “renewable resource”

   “renewable energy”

   “renewable sources of energy”

   “Solar and wind power are renewable, but coal is not.”

noun

1. A thing that is renewable

   “Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.”

2. A thing that is renewable

   “You'll find the link can be removed from a "Union" Renewable and replaced before most fuses can be taken apart.”

   “It is a pretty safe bet that he can show you where you are using fuses of the wrong type (renewables for non-renewables and vice versa ) -or where fuses that ought to be good for twenty or more renewals are ready for the scrap”

   “Here is a newly designed All-Purpose Superfuse. Use it wherever you need One-Times, Renewables or Dual Element fuses.”