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Renewable Energy Certificate

A renewable energy certificate (REC) is a market instrument representing the environmental attributes of 1 MWh of renewable electricity, issued when that power is delivered to the grid.

Renewable energy certificates

Renewable energy certificates (RECs) are market instruments representing the attributes of one megawatt-hour of renewable electricity, the accepted instrument for renewable energy claims in the United States.

Renewable Energy Directive II

Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II), formally Directive (EU) 2018/2001, is the EU law replacing the 2009 directive, setting a binding 32% renewables target for 2030, raised to 42.5% in 2023.

Renewable Energy Directive III

Renewable Energy Directive III is the European Union's 2023 revision of its main renewable energy law, raising the binding renewables target to at least 42.5% by 2030.

Renewable energy in India

Renewable energy in India is electricity generated from solar, wind, hydro, and bio-power sources, led by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and targeting 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030.

Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme

The Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) is South Africa's competitive tender program for procuring renewable energy from private producers, launched in 2011.

Renewable Energy Target (Australia)

The Renewable Energy Target is an Australian Government scheme requiring electricity retailers to buy renewable energy certificates, targeting 33,000 GWh of extra renewable electricity annually.

Renewable fuel of non-biological origin

A renewable fuel of non-biological origin (RFNBO) is a liquid or gaseous fuel made from renewable energy other than biomass, such as green hydrogen and synthetic fuels.

Renewable Fuel Standard

The Renewable Fuel Standard is a US federal program requiring minimum annual volumes of renewable fuel in transportation fuel, created by Congress in 2005 and expanded in 2007.

Renewable Fuels Association

The Renewable Fuels Association, organized in 1981, is the national trade association for the United States fuel ethanol industry, advocating policies that expand ethanol production.

Renewable Heat Incentive

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) was a UK government scheme paying households and businesses for renewable heat they generated, with the domestic scheme running from 2014 to 2022.

Renewable Identification Number

A Renewable Identification Number (RIN) is a credit generated when renewable fuel is produced in or imported into the United States, used to demonstrate compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Renewable Identification Numbers

Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) are credits generated for each unit of renewable fuel produced or imported in the United States under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard.

renewable natural gas

Renewable natural gas, also called biomethane, is biogas from decomposing organic matter or gasified biomass, purified to 96–98% methane so it is fully interchangeable with fossil natural gas in pipelines.

Renewable portfolio standard

A renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requires retail electricity suppliers to procure a rising minimum share of power from renewable sources; the first was Iowa's, in 1983.

Renewables Obligation

The Renewables Obligation was the United Kingdom's main support scheme for large-scale renewable electricity, obliging suppliers to present ROCs from 2002 until closure in 2017.

RenewableUK

RenewableUK, formerly the British Wind Energy Association, is the UK's principal renewable energy trade association, representing close to 500 companies across wind, energy storage, and marine energy.

Renogy

Renogy (如果新能源) is an American renewable energy company founded in 2010 as a student project at Louisiana State University, making solar panels, lithium batteries, and portable power stations.

RenovaBio

RenovaBio, Brazil's National Biofuel Policy established by Law No. 13,576 in 2017, promotes biofuels through emissions targets, certification, and CBIO decarbonization credits traded on the B3 exchange.

Renovation Wave

The Renovation Wave is a European Commission strategy, launched in October 2020, to double the EU's annual building renovation rate and renovate 35 million units by 2030.

Renqiu oil field

The Renqiu oil field is a giant buried-hill oil field in Hebei Province, China, discovered in 1975 in the Jizhong subbasin, the first Precambrian reservoir found in China.

Renqiu-Beijing Oil Pipeline

The Renqiu-Beijing Oil Pipeline (任京输油管道) is a crude oil pipeline in North China, built in 1976 to carry oil from the Renqiu oilfield to Beijing refineries.

Renusagar power station

Renusagar power station is a coal-fired captive power plant in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India, owned by Hindalco Industries to power its Renukoot aluminum smelter.

REpower

REpower was a German wind turbine manufacturer founded in 2001, known for the 5 MW REpower 5M, acquired by Suzlon and rebranded Senvion in 2014.

REPowerEU

REPowerEU is the European Union's energy plan, published in May 2022 to end dependence on Russian fossil fuels after the invasion of Ukraine while accelerating the clean-energy transition.

Reprocessed uranium

Reprocessed uranium (RepU; Uranium de Retraitement) is uranium recovered from spent nuclear fuel by chemical reprocessing. It comprises about 95% of used fuel mass and is recyclable.

Reprocessing plant

A reprocessing plant is an industrial nuclear facility that chemically treats spent fuel to separate reusable uranium and plutonium from waste, a process first developed in the 1940s.

Repsol

Repsol S.A., known as Repsol YPF from 1999 until 2012, is a Spanish multinational energy company created by the state in 1986 and fully privatized in April 1997.

REPT Battero (瑞浦兰钧)

REPT Battero Energy Co. (瑞浦兰钧) is a Wenzhou-based Chinese manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage, founded by Tsingshan Group in 2017.

Resalat oil field

Resalat is an offshore oil field in the Persian Gulf, about 90 kilometers south of Lavan Island, Iran, discovered in 1967 and operated by IOOC.