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    Water power has been used for centuries to grind grain and saw lumber, but is now mainly used to generate electricity. Hydroelectric power is generated by creating dams that harness the kinetic energy of flowing water to turn turbines and generators. It is a mature technology that provides around one fifth of the world's electricity. Large dams like Hoover Dam can produce huge amounts of power but also have disadvantages like environmental damage, population displacement, and potential for catastrophic failure.

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    Water power has been used for centuries to grind grain and saw lumber, but is now mainly used to generate electricity. Hydroelectric power is generated by creating dams that harness the kinetic energy of flowing water to turn turbines and generators. It is a mature technology that provides around one fifth of the world's electricity. Large dams like Hoover Dam can produce huge amounts of power but also have disadvantages like environmental damage, population displacement, and potential for catastrophic failure.

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    Water power has been used for centuries to grind grain and saw lumber, but is now mainly used to generate electricity. Hydroelectric power is generated by creating dams that harness the kinetic energy of flowing water to turn turbines and generators. It is a mature technology that provides around one fifth of the world's electricity. Large dams like Hoover Dam can produce huge amounts of power but also have disadvantages like environmental damage, population displacement, and potential for catastrophic failure.

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    Water power the matured

    source

    Water power has a long


    history. Until the early
    twentieth century,
    water powered mills
    ground grain into
    flour, sawed lumber
    and performed
    numerous other
    tasks. Such direct
    usage is now rare,
    and most water
    power is used to
    generate a
    convenient secondary
    energy source,
    electricity.

    Hydro power is available by creating dams in stream and


    river flows. Hydro power generation is an established
    technology and maybe as much as one fifth of the world's
    electricity is generated this way, which is slightly more
    than by nuclear generation.

    Hydroelectric dam in cross section

    In electricity generation, an
    electrical generator is a device
    that converts mechanical energy
    to electrical energy, generally
    using electromagnetic induction.
    The source of mechanical energy
    may be a reciprocating or turbine
    steam engine, water falling
    through a turbine or waterwheel,
    an internal combustion engine, a
    wind turbine, a hand crank,
    compressed air or any other
    source of mechanical energy.

    Large Dams such as Hoover Dam


    are able to provide large amounts of
    hydroelectric power; it has a 2.07
    gigawatt capability.
    Hoover Dam is among the most
    recognized and renowned structures
    built by the Bureau of Reclamation.
    The dam was authorized under the
    Boulder Canyon Project.

    Advantages
    Economics

    The major advantage of


    hydroelectricity is elimination
    of the cost of fuel. The cost of
    operating a hydroelectric plant
    is nearly immune to increases
    in the cost of fossil fuels.
    Where a dam serves multiple
    purposes, a hydroelectric plant
    may be added with relatively
    low construction cost,
    providing a useful revenue
    stream to offset the costs of
    dam operation.

    Greenhouse gas emissions

    Since hydroelectric dams


    do not burn fossil fuels,
    they do not directly
    produce carbon dioxide
    (a greenhouse gas).
    While some carbon
    dioxide is produced
    during manufacture and
    construction of the
    project, this is a tiny
    fraction of the operating
    emissions of equivalent
    fossil-fuel electricity
    generation.

    Related activities

    Reservoirs created by
    hydroelectric schemes
    often provide facilities for
    water sports, and become
    tourist attractions in
    themselves. In some
    countries, farming fish in
    the reservoirs is common.
    Multi-use dams installed
    for irrigation can support
    the fish farm with
    relatively constant water
    supply.

    Disadvantages

    Environmental damage

    Hydroelectric projects can be disruptive to surrounding


    aquatic ecosystems. For instance, studies have shown
    that dams along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North
    America have reduced salmon populations by preventing
    access to spawning grounds upstream, even though
    most dams in salmon habitat have fish ladders installed.

    Population relocation

    Another disadvantage of
    hydroelectric dams is the
    need to relocate the
    people living where the
    reservoirs are planned. In
    many cases, no amount
    of compensation can
    replace ancestral and
    cultural attachments to
    places that have spiritual
    value to the displaced
    population. Such
    problems have arisen at
    the Three Gorges Dam
    project in China.

    Dam failures

    Failures of large dams,


    while rare, are potentially
    serious the Banqiao
    Dam failure in Southern
    China resulted in the
    deaths of 171,000 people
    and left millions
    homeless. Dams may be
    subject to enemy
    bombardment during
    wartime, sabotage and
    terrorism. Smaller dams
    and micro hydro facilities
    are less vulnerable to
    these threats.

    Made by :
    Schiopu Nicoleta
    Tiganus Emilia Stefana
    Coordinated by : Schnabel Dieter

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