types+of+energy

= __ Renewable Energy :__ = = =
 * ====** Solar energy from the sun, which can be turned into electricity and heat **====
 * ====** Wind **====
 * ====** Geothermal energy from heat inside the Earth **====
 * ====** Biomass from plants, which includes firewood from trees, ethanol from corn, and biodiesel from vegetable oil **====
 * ====** Hydropower from hydroturbines at a dam **====

= __ Nonrenewable Energy :__ = ==== **fossil fuels — oil, natural gas, and coal. They're called fossil fuels because they were formed over millions and millions of years by the action of heat from the Earth's core and pressure from rock and soil on the remains (or "fossils") of dead plants and creatures like microscopic diatoms. Another nonrenewable energy source is the element uranium, whose atoms we split (through a process called nuclear fission) to create heat and ultimately electricity.** ====