Renewable energy sources are plentiful and all around us. Fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas - on the other hand, are non-renewable resources that take hundreds of millions of years to form.

Find out how power stations generate electricity from different energy sources, and how the electricity we use every day gets to our homes. What are batteries and energy stores? Learn how ...

A renewable energy resource is one that is being (or can be) replenished as it is used.

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration ... Vermont requires 100% renewable energy for all utilities by 2035 and 100% renewable energy by 2030 for its two largest utilities companies ...

With the continued expansion of renewable energy sources all but guaranteed – even if Trump follows through on his campaign promise to "drill, baby, drill" for oil and natural gas – here's a ...