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Energy mix

Meaning in energy & renewables, with examples

nounCore term

In energy & renewables, energy mix means: The combination of energy sources, such as gas, coal, hydro, wind, solar and nuclear, that a country or company uses, usually shown as percentage shares.

In Turkish: enerji karması, kaynak dağılımı, üretim portföyü

How it is used

Used in reports, policy papers and news. People talk about the energy mix, power mix or generation mix, about diversifying it and about the share of renewables in it. Strictly, the energy mix covers all energy use, while the power mix covers only electricity.

Example sentences

  1. Coal's share in the energy mix fell below 30 percent last year.

  2. A diverse energy mix makes the system less exposed to gas price shocks.

Common collocations

  • diversify the energy mix
  • share in the energy mix
  • power mix
  • generation mix
  • renewable energyEnergy from sources that nature replaces all the time, such as sunlight, wind, flowing water, the Earth's heat and organic material, so they do not run out like coal, oil or gas.
  • fossil fuelA fuel such as coal, oil or natural gas that formed underground over millions of years from the remains of plants and animals. Burning it releases carbon dioxide.
  • energy securityA country's ability to get enough energy, reliably and at affordable prices, without serious disruption from supply cuts, price shocks or technical failures.
  • generationThe process of producing electricity, or the amount of electricity produced over a period, by power plants, solar panels, wind turbines and other sources.

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