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Distinguish between Conventional and non-conventional sources of energy.
























CONVENTIONAL SOURCES



NON-CONVENTIONAL SOURCES



Conventional sources are those energy sources which have been in usage for a long time.



Non-conventional sources are the sources that were identified only a few decades.



They are non-renewable and exhaustible.



They are renewable and cannot be exhausted.



They result in the increased pollution of the environment.



They do not pollute the environment.



E.g. coal, firewood



E.g. solar energy, wind energy



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