| When electricity is generated through renewable | | | | use of green power that support related technologies, |
| resources like wind, solar and geothermal power, | | | | or are eligible for subsidies. |
| having a light environmental impact is called green | | | | Sources - green power includes natural processes |
| power. The sources of green energy are considered | | | | which are harnessed with little amount of pollution. This |
| to be nonpolluting and environmental friendly. Though | | | | category includes energies, such as geothermal power, |
| these energy sources provide remedy to the affects | | | | anaerobic digestion, small scale hydropower, wind, tidal, |
| of certain pollution forms and global warming, they are | | | | wave and biomass power. Sometimes it may also |
| usually costlier than the traditional sources of energy | | | | include the power derived from wastes. Some |
| and need government subsidies. | | | | organizations even classify the nuclear energy as |
| Green power is generally thought in context of heating, | | | | green power, but the nuclear wastes and the carbon |
| co-generation and electricity. Today, many businesses, | | | | dioxide emissions from them exclude them from |
| organizations and consumers purchase this type of | | | | becoming clean energy forms. It should always be |
| energy for helping their country in reducing the impacts | | | | remembered that none of the power sources are fully |
| of generating conventional electricity and support | | | | impact free. All the sources require some energy, and |
| further development by increasing the country's | | | | while the manufacturing of technology produce some |
| energy independence. One way for supporting this | | | | amount of pollution. |
| technology by businesses and consumers have been | | | | Some of the other terms given to green power are: |
| through Renewable energy certificates like green tags | | | | green, alternative, and brown energy and clean |
| or green certificates. Also, some of the governments | | | | technologies for being environmentally sound and low |
| have drafted similar terms or specific definitions for the | | | | polluting. |