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Section sizes

Section size for Renewable energy (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	10,547	10,547
Overview	1,874	20,670
Definition	2,500	2,500
Role in addressing climate change	2,357	2,357
Other benefits	1,435	1,435
Intermittency	6,423	12,504
Electrical energy storage	3,128	3,128
Energy supply security	2,953	2,953
Mainstream technologies	1,680	48,703
Solar energy	4,749	15,794
Photovoltaics	7,862	7,862
Solar thermal	1,290	1,290
Floatovoltaics	412	412
Agrivoltiacs	1,481	1,481
Wind power	5,362	5,362
Hydropower	9,446	9,446
Bioenergy	4,074	11,109
Biofuel	7,035	7,035
Geothermal energy	5,312	5,312
Emerging technologies	1,210	14,495
Enhanced geothermal systems	2,507	2,507
Marine energy	3,052	3,052
Earth infrared thermal radiation	990	990
Others	16	6,736
Algae fuels	444	444
Space-based solar power	1,001	1,001
Water vapor	651	651
Nuclear energy	2,192	2,192
Artificial photosynthesis	2,432	2,432
Market and industry trends	4,335	31,882
Usage by sector or application	4,884	4,884
Cost comparison	2,195	2,195
Growth of renewables	12,177	17,222
Future projections	5,045	5,045
Demand	1,892	1,892
Developing countries	1,354	1,354
Policy	6,479	6,479
Finance	3,666	3,666
Debates	172	21,968
Nuclear power proposed as renewable energy	222	222
Geopolitics	10,657	10,657
Metal and mineral extraction	6,105	6,105
Conservation areas	3,918	3,918
Impact of climate change on renewable energy production	894	894
Society and culture	27	8,689
Public support	8,662	8,662
History	6,531	6,531
See also	472	472
References	312	3,707
Sources	3,395	3,395
External links	1,087	1,087
Total	178,896	178,896

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Improvements to the lead

I've done a bit of work on the lead. My original intention was only to work on readability aspects. But in the end, I also re-arranged the content a bit. I took out some of the number-heavy content and added instead some new content, e.g. by looking at the table of content to see which sections were not yet summarised. For example, there was no info in the lead on the ongoing debates nor on the emerging technologies which I have added now.

I am still not so happy with it: the lead is now a bit too long (519 words), perhaps bring it down to something in the range of 450 to 500? Also, the readability score is still quite low, many sentences are in red when using the readability script. Perhaps User:Efbrazil is interested to help with this lead as well, after we have been working on the lead of sustainable energy... EMsmile (talk) 12:07, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As for the lead, I actually think a lot of it could do with being re-written. I would focus on what/why/how, in that order (so a brief description/definition, mention of climate change, and an overview of the most important technologies)...and then perhaps a paragraph on the challenges facing renewables. Open to suggestions, of course! Tserton (talk) 20:31, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The lead does need some work but when you work on it please ensure it doesn't become a "new story on its own" but still remains as a summary of the article. It should try where possible to pick up the main content of the main section headings. And there should be nothing in the lead that is not also in the main text. A summary of the challenges (or debates) section would be very good (I've already tried to do that; it's currently in the last two paragraph).

I also think leads should include citations (I know this is regarded as optional; but due to the usage of excerpts in future, it's better if the lead does include citations). Also keep in mind WP:LEAD in case you are not aware of that manual of style (you probably know it as you've been around on Wikipedia for a long time!). Lead length could be 450 to 500 words, I'd say.

I think the first paragraph of the lead is actually fairly good. EMsmile (talk) 20:58, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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