Renewable energy can be obtained from

Renewable energy is derived from natural sources that are replenished at a higher rate than they are consumed [t1]. Biomass is a renewable energy resource derived from biological materials such as agricultural crops, timber by-products, animal waste, and organic municipal waste [c1][c3]. It is considered renewable because it is naturally replaced over short periods through the growth of living organisms [c4][t5]. In contrast, fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and natural gas are non-renewable resources that take hundreds of millions of years to form and are depleted through use [t1][t9]. Similarly, nuclear energy utilizing radioactive elements is classified as a non-renewable or exhaustible resource because it relies on finite raw materials found in the Earth [c2][t4]. Therefore, among the given options, only biomass qualifies as a renewable energy source [c2][t6].

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