### Question
Can you define what renewable energy resource means?


### Answer
**Renewable energy resource** is defined as the following 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 83-ENERGY EXTENSION SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER XII-RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES**

