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Energy security

Meaning in energy & renewables, with examples

nounCommon term

In energy & renewables, energy security means: A country's ability to get enough energy, reliably and at affordable prices, without serious disruption from supply cuts, price shocks or technical failures.

In Turkish: enerji güvenliği, enerji arz güvenliği

How it is used

A central idea in energy policy and diplomacy. Governments strengthen energy security by diversifying suppliers and routes, building storage and developing domestic sources. Security of supply is a close synonym.

Example sentences

  1. Domestic renewables strengthen energy security because they reduce fuel imports.

  2. Gas storage is essential for energy security during cold winters.

Common collocations

  • strengthen energy security
  • security of supply
  • diversify supply
  • import dependence
  • energy mixThe combination of energy sources, such as gas, coal, hydro, wind, solar and nuclear, that a country or company uses, usually shown as percentage shares.
  • natural gasA fossil fuel made mostly of methane, burned in power plants, industry and homes. It emits less CO2 than coal for the same electricity, but it is still a fossil fuel.
  • 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.
  • uraniumA heavy, slightly radioactive metal used as fuel in nuclear reactors. For most reactors it is enriched so that the share of the isotope U-235 rises to about 3 to 5 percent.

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