Renewable resources or Non-Conventional

Non-Renewable resources or Conventional

The resources which can renew themselves or can be used again and again are Renewable or non-conventional resource

The sources that cannot be replaced or reused once they are destroyed are called Non-renewable resources.

Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods of time. It is present in unlimited quantity

These are limited resources and consume millions of years to make. So these are used limitedly.

It has low carbon emission and hence environment friendly.

These are not environmentally friendly because the amount of carbon emission is high.

The cost is low

The cost of these resources is high.

A large land area is required for the installation of these plants

Less land requirement of installation of these plants.

They require high maintenance costs.

They require low maintenance costs.

For example Soil, water bodies, Sun (Solar Energy), wind, tidal energy, Atomic energy, geothermal, forest, mountains, wildlife, atmospheric resources.

Coal, oil, nuclear energy, petroleum, natural gas, LPG, batteries, shale gas, soil, and phosphate are some examples.