Distinguish between:
  1. Commercial and non-commercial sources of energy.
  2. Conventional and non-conventional sources of energy.
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  1.  
S. No
Commercial Sources of Energy
Non-commercial Sources of Energy
1.
Command a price and the users have to pay a price for them.
These are free and command no price.
2.
They are generally exhaustible.
They are renewable.
3.
Mostly used in production processes.
Mostly used for domestic purposes.
4.
Examples: Coal, petroleum, electricity.
Examples: Vegetable wastes, firewood, dried dung.
  1.  
S. No
Conventional Sources of Energy
Non-conventional Sources of Energy
1.
These include coal, petroleum and electricity.
These include solar energy, wind energy, and tidal power.
2.
These are being used since very long as different sources of commercial sources of energy.
Most of these are in experimental stage and are being used as different sources of commercial energy to a very little extent.
3.
These include both commercial and non-commercial sources of energy.
These are developed as sources of commercial energy in order to check environmental pollution.
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