Hydropower

If you want to know what you could run an industrial society off of, it would be hydro and as much geothermal as you could find - Susan Krumdieck

Hydropower
Hydropower

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The world’s most relied-upon renewable energy source isn’t wind or sunlight, but water. Last year, the world’s hydropower capacity reached a record 1,308 gigawatts (to put this number in perspective, just one gigawatt is equivalent to the power produced by 1.3 million race horses or 2,000 speeding Corvettes). Utilities throughout the globe rely upon hydropower to generate electricity because it is cheap, easily stored and dispatched, and produced with no fuel combustion, meaning it won’t release carbon dioxide or pollutants the way power plants burning fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas do.

As with other energy sources, however, hydropower is not without an environmental cost.…

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 The most powerful renewable energy

Can we harness the extraordinary power of rivers in a way that replenishes ecosystems, rather than harming wildlife?

International Hydropower Association

Our mission is to advance sustainable hydropower, building knowledge on its role in energy, water & climate solutions.

IRENA

Hydropower is energy derived from flowing water. More than 2,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks used waterpower to run wheels for grinding grain; today it is among the most cost-effective means of generating electricity and is often the preferred method where available.

Energy.gov

Hydropower is the United States’ oldest source of renewable electricity, comprising nearly 7% of U.S. generation. In 2018, hydropower accounted for roughly 40% of U.S. renewable electricity generation, while pumped storage hydropower remains the largest contributor to U.S. energy storage with an installed capacity of 21.6 GW, or roughly 95% of all commercial storage capacity in the United States.

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