### Question
How is the "renewable energy resource" defined?


### Answer
The term **renewable energy resource** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 7372* as follows -

> any energy resource which has recently originated in the sun, including direct and indirect solar radiation and intermediate solar energy forms such as wind, ocean thermal gradients, ocean currents and waves, hydropower, photovoltaic energy, products of photosynthetic processes, organic wastes, and others

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 7372*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 84-DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY > Codification**

