{"id":42470,"date":"2022-08-11T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myenergi.com\/ie\/?post_type=guides&#038;p=42470"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:46:06","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-green-renewable-and-clean-energy","status":"publish","type":"guides","link":"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/guides\/whats-the-difference-between-green-renewable-and-clean-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the difference between green, renewable and clean energy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div id='block-header-basic-block_12fdc4570e8c99a76dfb296d2bf24925'  class='flexi-block header-basic-block pt-8 lg:pt-16 pb-8 lg:pb-16 relative '>\n\n\n    <div class=\"relative \">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container flex flex-col mx-auto    justify-end py-11 md:py-9 lg:py-11 \">\n\t\t<div class=\"first-mt-0 \">\n                            <h1 class=\"h2 lg:h3 !mb-0\">\n                    What\u2019s the difference between green, renewable and clean energy?                <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative flex flex-wrap justify-between w-full mx-auto\">\n    <div class=\"w-full py-5 breadcrumbs\">\n        <nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block-fifty-fifty-img-txt-block_fd272c55f618a4a0248d89343e16ea51\"  class=\"bg-white flexi-block fifty-fifty-img-txt-block  \">\n\t<div class=\"container relative z-10 flex flex-wrap justify-center pb-0 mx-auto pt-12 md:pt-20 lg:pt-32 pb-12 md:pb-20 lg:pb-32 \">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-wrap w-full justify-center lg:justify-between items-center    \">\n\n            \n                <div class=\"w-full load-hidden image-wrapper lg:w-1\/2 md:max-w-[500px] lg:max-w-none  xl:pr-3.9\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Wind-4.jpg\" class=\"w-full rounded-2.5xl\" alt=\"\" style=\"opacity: 1\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Wind-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Wind-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Wind-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Wind-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Wind-4-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Wind-4-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>                <\/div>\n\n            \n            \n                <div class=\"w-full self-center lg:w-1\/2 md:max-w-[500px] lg:max-w-none lg:pl-20 2xl:pl-45 pt-12 lg:pt-0 load-hidden content-wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"w-full first-mt-0 last-mb-0 \">\n                        <p>Renewable energy\u2026 Green energy\u2026 Clean energy\u2026 With such an increased focus on sustainability and saving our planet, it can be quite confusing to keep up to date with the terminology.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, we\u2019ve created a simple, go-to guide to the many similarities and few differences between the following three pillars of ensuring a safer, more sustainable future.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"h3  text-left  \">What is Renewable Energy?<\/h1>\n<p>Renewable energy is essentially power generated from a source that is constantly being replenished.<\/p>\n<p>In theory, this type of energy should never run out, making it a much more efficient option than non-renewable sources such as fossil fuels and gas, which are damaging to the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Renewable energy sources are natural, and include the likes of wind power and solar panels.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<div id='block-columns-block_86f70eee33548b5c10438f8e24d06656'  class='bg-white flexi-block columns-block pt-8 lg:pt-16 pb-8 lg:pb-16 columns overflow-x-hidden'>\n\t\t<div class=\"container relative z-10 mx-auto max-w-8xl\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-7.5 lg:grid-cols-2 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full w-full load-hidden flex flex-wrap flex-col column column-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full lg:pl-7.5 relative image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Solar-768x768.jpg\" class=\" w-full relative z-10 rounded-0.5xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Solar-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Solar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Solar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Solar-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Solar-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Solar.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full first-mt-0 last-mb-0 grow content-wrapper relative sm:px-10 pb-7 xl:pl-20 xl:pr-32 lg:py-16 pt-9 pb-8 md:pb-[62px] lg:pt-14 md:pt-16 sm:bg-grey-19 rounded-b-2.5xl \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What is Green Energy?<\/h3>\n<p>Green energy is defined as power generated from natural sources, such as wind, water and sunlight. This is where some confusion may occur: most green energy sources are also renewable, but not all renewable energy sources are wholly green.<\/p>\n<p>Some people, for instance, argue that while hydropower is renewable, the process of generating vast amounts of it is not, in fact, green. Why? Because of the industrialisation and deforestation involved in the process of building the huge hydro dam projects dotted around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The most renewable and green power source is of course, our planet. Therefore, wind, solar and water are the most efficient, most-used sources of renewable and green energy. These energy sources successfully blur the line between green and renewable energy, thus forming the perfect sustainable partnership.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full w-full load-hidden flex flex-wrap flex-col column column-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full lg:pl-7.5 relative image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Sky-768x768.jpg\" class=\" w-full relative z-10 rounded-0.5xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Sky-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Sky-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Sky-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Sky-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Sky-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Sky.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full first-mt-0 last-mb-0 grow content-wrapper relative sm:px-10 pb-7 xl:pl-20 xl:pr-32 lg:py-16 pt-9 pb-8 md:pb-[62px] lg:pt-14 md:pt-16 sm:bg-grey-19 rounded-b-2.5xl \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What is Clean Energy?<\/h3>\n<p>Dictionary.com\u2019s definition of \u2018clean energy\u2019 is: \u201cenergy, as electricity of nuclear power, that does not pollute the atmosphere when used, as opposed to coal and oil, that do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, there is some obvious crossover between clean energy, green energy and renewable energy. Clean and green energy are pretty much direct synonyms. If you need help remembering the various definitions, use the below as a guide:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clean energy = clean air.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Green energy = natural sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Renewable energy = recyclable sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","guides-category":[137,119],"class_list":["post-42470","guides","type-guides","status-publish","hentry","guides-category-renewable-energy-guides","guides-category-industry-made-easy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guides\/42470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guides"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guides\/42470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47237,"href":"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guides\/42470\/revisions\/47237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"guides-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myenergi.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guides-category?post=42470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}