### Question
What does renewable energy mean?


### Answer
**Renewable energy** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 8101*:

> energy derived from—


(A) a wind, solar, renewable biomass, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, or hydroelectric source

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 8101*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 107-RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT**

