Manufactured or processed substances, principally hydrogen, that store and move energy produced from another primary source rather than being a primary source themselves. Belongs here: any substance the International Energy Agency and the Energy Information Administration classify as a carrier rather than a source, produced by consuming energy from elsewhere such as electrolysis or reforming rather than extracted or harvested directly. Does not belong here: any source that supplies primary energy directly from nature.
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An energy carrier is a substance (fuel) or sometimes a phenomenon (energy system) that contains energy that can be later converted to other forms such as mechanical work or heat or to operate chemical or physical processes.
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