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Term

primary energy

Term

Energy embodied in natural resources (e.g. coal, crude oil, sunlight, uranium) that has not undergone any anthropogenic conversion or transformation.

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Definition source publication

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Publication year

Definition source URL

http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/gloss.htm

Organisation

Organisation full name

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Subjects

ENERGY

Long definition

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