The relationship between renewable energy sources and the communities we expect to host them must be appropriate and sustainable and, above all, acceptable to local people.
We need a federal jobs guarantee that puts everyone to work toward a green, clean renewable energy economy.
We need to really get very serious about a transition toward new and renewable sources of energy.
We are, however, producing a lot of natural gas, which serves as a bridge to more renewable fuels. And I think that's an important transition.
Transitioning to renewable energy sources that create and keep good-paying jobs in America must be our focus.
We urgently need a major programme of investment in renewable energy generation to tackle climate change.
We have for the first time an economy based on a key resource [Information] that is not only renewable, but self- generating. Running out of it is not a problem, but drowning in it is.
One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized.
We have to be reminded that we still live in a world that relies a lot on fossil fuels, and that transition to new and renewable sources is not always and in all cases possible from one day to the next.
We have been getting rich by depleting all our natural stocks - water, hydrocarbons, forests, rivers, fish and arable land - and not by generating renewable flows.
100% renewable energy is 100% possible and can happen sooner than we think.
Hope is a renewable option:
If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.
Our planet's greener future depends on nurturing our natural and abundant renewable resources.
Mexico holds the fifth-largest shale gas reserve in the world, in addition to large deep-water oil reserves and a tremendous potential in renewable energy.
I've tried to convince members of my party that we should not allow the hair on the backs of our necks to bristle every time somebody mentions renewable energy.
For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true.
We should be moving vigorously towards renewable energy. The technology of which is right here right now.
It's time to transition beyond our fossil fuel addiction to a just economy based on green jobs, renewable energy, and local organic food.
In Google data centers, our energy usage throughout the year for all our computing needs is 100 percent renewable.
...it is true that renewable energy is expensive and can't be done without public sector support, it is an important investment in the future.
The technology of mass production is inherently violent, ecologically damaging, self-defeating in terms of non-renewable resources, and stultifying for the human person.
Even if we can solve the carbon problem for coal, it is still a non-renewable resource. At some point, coal supplies will drop.
Nuclear power and fossil fuels are the choices of the past. Renewable energy is the choice of the future that is here today.
Renewable energy is not more expensive than fossil fuel when you factor in life-cycle costs.
Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable.
Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal.
Moving to 100 percent renewable energy is a good economic opportunity, one that the U.S. must seize before other nations take full advantage of it.
Mass adoption of renewable energies would thus necessitate a fundamental reshaping of modern energy infrastructures.
In 2005, I had a blog, where people discussed topics such as a sustainable economy, renewable energy, and broadband coverage.
We didn't wait for the renewable heat incentives to come into place; we wanted to be first to provide consumers with alternative ways to heat their homes.
I'm for ethanol, and I think it's a very important partial ingredient of the overall mix of alternative and renewable fuels we ought to commit to.
There is no justifiable reason why our electricity, heating and cooling and transportation needs aren't powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
Renewable energy is an essential part of our strategy of decarbonization, decentralization, as well as digitalization of energy.
Fish are a renewable resource, and one of the problems we've had is people feel obliged to catch the limit, then throw 'em in the garbage can.
Because personal revelation is a constantly renewable source of strength, it is possible to feel bathed in help even during turbulent times.
Our dependence on fossil fuels amounts to global pyromania, and the only fire extinguisher we have at our disposal is renewable energy.
Renewable energy has economic advantages that extend beyond steady, predictable electric rates - and Maine is in a good position to capitalize on those opportunities.
A strong renewable energy industry is good for our environment and our economy.
The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.
Of course we have to use coal... the renewable energy sources will supplement the supply from coal.
The way to bring gas prices down is to end our dependence on oil and use the renewable sources that can give us the equivalent of $1 per gallon gasoline.
I always thought that using more efficient energy sources, pushing the clean energy technologies such as renewable energies are important.
When I started doing things on my own, I was figuring - remember, it was a very nascent market. And there was a lot that was unknown about the renewable marketplace in 2004, early 2003, when I was planning on it.
Renewable energy is essential to the future of South Jersey's economy and vital to protecting our environment.
Renewable energy could reduce emissions but also create jobs and improve public health.
There are jobs, money and survival in renewable energy. Our only safe future is sun power
China attaches great importance to the utilization of renewable resources, making it one of the important moves to promote economic and social development
There isn't enough renewable fuel in the world to crack our growing addiction to foreign oil. We need to decrease miles driven and increase engine efficiency.
Renewable ethanol represents a clear opportunity to grow a significant portion of our own fuel locally and begin to break the hold imported fuels have on us.
I spent more than 20 years of my professional career researching and developing renewable energy sources.
It's not going to help the country to be subsidizing uneconomical forms of energy - whether you call them 'green,' 'renewable' or whatever. In that case, the cure is worse than the disease.
I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.
As Governor of Colorado, I will continue to transition our state away from fossil fuels to more clean, renewable sources of energy.
The laws of supply and demand drive up the price, inevitably, over time. But solar and wind are abundant and renewable resources.
I think the fossil fuel industry is genuinely freaked out by the combination of the price collapse, the divestment movement, and that fact that renewable energy is getting so cheap so fast.
Nevada is poised to lead our nation in renewable development and we must harness those resources.
When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There's no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.
One of the most exciting opportunities created by renewable energy technologies like solar is the ability to help the world's poorest develop faster - but more sustainably too.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that any way of living that's based on the use of non-renewable resources won't last.
Moving to 100 percent renewable energy means we no longer need and can no longer justify wars for oil.
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