This may seem like an obvious answer, but don’t be fooled — there’s more to this question than meets the eye. One of those pesky misconceptions mentioned above is that renewable and clean energy are the same. They are not. While renewable energy is clean energy, not all clean energy is renewable. And we wonder why people get confused…
Renewable energy is produced through natural sources that replenish themselves. Two of the biggest contributors to renewable energy production, for instance, are wind and solar energy. Whether we harness them for energy or not, the wind will continue to blow and the sun will continue to shine.
Clean energy is any form of energy production that emits little or no carbon or other pollutants. The key characteristic here is low carbon emissions, because that encompasses more than just renewable power. Nuclear energy, for example, is considered clean, but not renewable.
