Nigerian Renewable Energy Association

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat.

Renewable energy is derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly. In its various forms, it derives directly from the sun, or from heat generated deep within the earth. Included in the definition is electricity and heat generated from solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, biomass, geothermal resources, and biofuels and hydrogen derived from renewable resources.