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Biofuels

These are fuels generally in liquid form made from plants or agricultural or biological waste.

Example: Bioethanol comes from maize and sugarcane. We use bioethanol in engines of petrol cars.

 

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Biofuels

Biomass

Blue hydrogen

Building Energy Rating (BER)

Built environment

Carbon Dioxide/ CO2

Carbon emissions

Carbon footprint

Climate

Climate Action Plan

Climate change

Decarbonisation

District heating

Electricity interconnector

Emissions

Energy

Energy Efficiency

F-gases or fluorinated gases

Fossil fuels

Fracking

Green hydrogen

Greenhouse Gas Emissions / GHGs

Heat pumps

Liquefied natural gas / LNG

Microgeneration

MTCO2EQ

National Energy and Climate Plan

National Retrofit Plan

Offshore renewable energy

Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS)

Renewable energy

Retrofitting (energy retrofitting)

Smoky coal

 

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