What is the difference b/w conventional and non conventional sources of energy?

Question

can any1 give their definitions?

Answer 1

Here's one that India uses.  

Non-conventional:   SHP: Small Hydro Power                  Wind: Wind Power          Cogen: Bagasse Cogeneration

BM: Biomass power                        WTE: Waste to Energy

I really can't cover all the detail they have.  Go to the link and you wioll get some clarity.  One of the problems is that non-conventional sources and revewable sources tend to get intermixed as terms in the discussion of this topic.  They are very similar, but not necessarily the same.