Hydroelectric energy

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Hydroelectric Energy

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Hydro- electric Energy

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How it works Cost

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Power Source

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Benefits

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Uses

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Why This

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How it Works

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Hydropower plants capture the energy of falling water to generate electricity. A turbine converts the kinetic energy of falling water into mechanical energy. Then a generator converts the mechanical energy from the turbine into electrical energy.

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Hydropower is produced for an average of 0.85 cents per kilowatt-hour

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It's a form of renewable energy that uses the water stored in dams, as well as flowing in rivers to create electricity in hydropower plants

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Hydroelectric energy is renewable

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Hydroelectric energy is renewable

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Generating electricity with hydro energy is not polluting

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Water Dam