### Question
What is the definition of renewable energy resource?


### Answer
The definition of **renewable energy resource** is as follows in *42 U.S.C. § 7372*:

> 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 > SUBCHAPTER XII-RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES**

