ADJ
- boundless, indefatigable, inexhaustible, unflagging
- I admire her boundless energy
- surplus
- nervous, restless
- youthful
- creative
- There was a lack of creative energy in the British film industry
QUANT
- amount, level
- You can judge how healthy you are by the amount of energy you have
- great deal
- Bringing up twins requires a great deal of energy
- burst
- With a sudden burst of energy, he ran to the top of the hill
VERB + ENERGY
- be bursting with, be full of, have
- The children are always full of energy. I don't seem to have any energy these days
- lack
- He never seems to lack energy
- expend, put
- She put all her energies into her work
- channel, devote, direct, turn
- We're trying to deal with young offenders by channelling their energy into sport rather than crime
- conserve, save
- work off
- The kids were running around crazily, working off their surplus energy
- waste
- We don't want to waste our energy trying to persuade people who are just not interested
- sap
- The hills sapped his energy and he got off his bike for frequent rests
- dissipate
- The volunteers' energy was dissipated by the enormous amounts of paperwork involved in the project
ENERGY + VERB
- flag
- It was late and my energy was beginning to flag
PHRASES
- an outlet for your energy
- Football gives them an outlet for their energy
- a waste of energy
- It's a waste of energy cutting this grass?nobody's going to see it
ADJ
- renewable
- the change from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- atomic, nuclear, solar, wave, wind
QUANT
- amount
- The new power station produces vast amounts of energy
VERB + ENERGY
- generate, produce
- harness
- attempts to harness solar energy
- provide, supply
- consume, use
- store
- No battery could store enough energy to turn over a car's engine
- conserve, save
- waste
- need, require
ENERGY + NOUN
- production
- consumption, use
- demand, needs, requirements
- total energy requirements for the coming year
- supply
- The nuclear plant provides a fifth of the nation's energy supplies
- resources, sources
- conservation, savings
- equipment that offers long-term energy savings
- efficiency
- bill, costs, prices
- crisis, problem, shortage
- The country could face an energy crisis if demand continues to rise
- company, industry, sector
- state control of the energy industries
- market
- The cost of solar power needs to fall before it makes an impact on the energy market
- management, plan, policy, programme, project, strategy
- a government-sponsored renewable energy project
PHRASES
- a demand for energy
- The demand for energy and fuel is expected to increase dramatically
- energy-saving
- energy-saving features that can reduce energy bills by 50%
- a form of energy, a source of energy