"Energy uptake" refers to the process of gaining or absorbing energy. It means acquiring or consuming energy to keep things running or to perform tasks. Full definition
Governments claim to be meeting emission reduction targets by reporting the percentage increase in renewable energy uptake, never really accounting for the emissions created by wood biomass energy. (cedamia.org)
They are often the first to recognize what drives clean energy uptake. (iea.org)
where is the vertically integrated energy flux in the atmosphere, is the net radiative energy input to an atmospheric column (the difference between absorbed shortwave radiation and emitted longwave radiation), and is the oceanic energy uptake at the surface. (climate-dynamics.org)