How to Use alternative energy in a Sentence

alternative energy

noun

• For the first time in 14 years, the president did not give a nod to any form of alternative energy in the State of the Union address.
  — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2018
• Utah has been offering a tax break for alternative energy projects for a decade, but the state has never paid out a dime for this program.
  — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022
• About 4% of the total mixture is an oil layer that can be removed and used as an alternative energy source by the plant that creates this process.
  — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• My novel is set after peak oil, so do the lights run on alternative energy?
  — Annalee Newitz, Slate Magazine, 22 Sep. 2017
• It’s past time to stop pushing so hard for carbon cuts before alternative energy sources are ready to take over.
  — Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
• The architects of a plan to link jobs to federal investment in alternative energy dubbed it the Green New Deal.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
• In addition to the need to make sure the grid and alternative energy supplies are robust, there could be legal challenges.
  — Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
• That’s the central question in what is shaping up to be an epic fight over the future of an alternative energy source: nuclear.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
• As demand for alternative energy sources increased and coal became less profitable to mine, many of the region's workers were out of a job.
  — Bryan Anselm/redux For Cnn, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022
• At the helm is Mr. Brown, who quit a career in alternative energy and started Beyond in 2009 in a commercial kitchen in Maryland.
  — Jesse Newman, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
• The announcement came on the second day of a two-day trip to the Gulf region by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in his bid to secure alternative energy resources.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
• Better to sacrifice it now for the greater good of alternative energy.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 June 2021
• For much of coal country, alternative energy is almost a bad word.
  — Hunter Holcombe, CBS News, 10 May 2019
• Arizona has seen myriad disputes in the last decade over many of these alternative energy sources.
  — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2020
• And there may be a downside for some consumers in the increasing reliance on alternative energy sources.
  — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 9 May 2018
• New York Times Is a dam in rural Portugal a key to our alternative energy future?
  — Jeremy Beaman, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2023
• And, in recent years, the country has attracted alternative energy investors from across the globe.
  — Emily Green, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
• Biden came armed with talking points about his plans, from tackling Covid-19 to providing more subsidies for alternative energy sources and less for oil and gas.
  — NBC News, 23 Oct. 2020
• Advocates for alternative energy have criticized the project as too small and too slow to come to fruition, noting that Europe has raced ahead and that other states are also getting in the game.
  — Washington Post, 1 July 2019
• But alternative energy sources can both create jobs and reduce the emissions that are harming the entire planet.
  — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 22 Apr. 2022
• Ecopetrol plans to invest more than $5 billion a year over the next two decades to diversify into alternative energy.
  — Kejal Vyas, WSJ, 16 June 2022
• The updated grid would also allow for wider use of alternative energy sources that send power back into the network, such as solar and wind farms.
  — Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
• At the same time, alternative energy is expected to continue to post gains.
  — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2020
• Looking ahead to 2030 clean energy goals, low oil production is likely to persist for at least the next decade as the U.S. aims to reduce emissions and increase the use of alternative energy sources.
  — NBC News, 15 Oct. 2021
• Each of those businesses faces challenges — the aviation unit is emerging from the pandemic falloff in air travel, and the power business must adapt to the shift to alternative energy sources.
  — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
• While some utility companies across the state are shuttering coal plants, plans to expand alternative energy sources are on the rise.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2022
• Will that put the folks who advocate for alternative energy sources at odds with those who want a more aggressive human rights approach from the U.S. government?
  — Russell Flannery, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• Some say technical wizardry and unleashed market forces can come to our rescue, as green entrepreneurs chase the gold of alternative energy.
  — David Grinspoon, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
• Climate change denied With time running out, the chances were quickly diminishing that the Senate would debate a controversial bill on climate change that provides incentives for alternative energy like solar power and electric heat pumps.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
• Newsom has made climate change a centerpiece of his governorship, signing legislation to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-burning vehicles by 2035 and spending billions to expand solar, wind, offshore wind and other alternative energy projects.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024