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Green Energy Crossword Puzzle

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Green energy is generated from sustainable natural resources like solar, wind or hydropower. These do not cause environmental harm by releasing greenhouse gases. This puzzle is a submission for the "Hot Cross Words" challenge in the Authors' Lounge. Enjoy!
Author: psnz - Diff: Harder

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      1. Marked by extent of thought necessary; size of emissions reductions required
      3. Energy from wave action (5,5)
      10. Home: sustainable ones do not deplete resources
      11. Ethanol, for one; energy source produced from plants over a short timeframe
      12. Environmental prefix
      13. Coerce
      14. Popular, for now
      16. Turn aside
      18. Recipient; person from future generations needing to face effects of current energy systems
      21. Producing optimal results, including with energy use
      24. Free from pollutants, as are wind and solar energies
      26. Unconventional, outside the mainstream
      28. Traditional Japanese art form
      30. Bad place to be stuck
      31. Bleak and forbidding
      32. Kandahar resident
      33. Used in buildings to improve energy efficiency
      34. Curb, with "in"

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      1. Removes water from
      2. Welcome (changes)
      4. Technologies requiring a lot of power are energy-____
      5. Brothers' keeper?
      6. Innovator
      7. "____ It Be Nice" (Beach Boys song, contraction)
      8. Function, part played
      9. Maximum
      15. Change
      17. Performance measure for evaluating efficiency of environmental measures (init.)
      19. Controversial issue (3,6)
      20. Hurting
      22. Wooded areas that act as carbon sinks
      23. Cover up, hide
      24. Remains attached to (older technologies)
      25. Come (from)
      27. Construct
      29. A cycle rickshaw (bike ____) represents sustainable public transport