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    Hydro-Power: Used by Humans Since The Ancient Ages

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    This document discusses hydroelectric power and hydropower plants around the world. It notes that the two largest hydropower plants are the Itaipu Dam on the Brazil-Paraguay border producing 14,000 MW, and the Three Gorges Dam in China currently producing 18,300 MW. It also lists some of the largest hydropower plants in the United States, including the Hoover Dam producing 2,080 MW and Grand Coulee Dam producing 6,800 MW annually. Finally, it states that existing hydropower installations currently supply around 6% of global power consumption, though hydroelectric resources could satisfy almost 50% of current global demand.

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    This document discusses hydroelectric power and hydropower plants around the world. It notes that the two largest hydropower plants are the Itaipu Dam on the Brazil-Paraguay border producing 14,000 MW, and the Three Gorges Dam in China currently producing 18,300 MW. It also lists some of the largest hydropower plants in the United States, including the Hoover Dam producing 2,080 MW and Grand Coulee Dam producing 6,800 MW annually. Finally, it states that existing hydropower installations currently supply around 6% of global power consumption, though hydroelectric resources could satisfy almost 50% of current global demand.

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    This document discusses hydroelectric power and hydropower plants around the world. It notes that the two largest hydropower plants are the Itaipu Dam on the Brazil-Paraguay border producing 14,000 MW, and the Three Gorges Dam in China currently producing 18,300 MW. It also lists some of the largest hydropower plants in the United States, including the Hoover Dam producing 2,080 MW and Grand Coulee Dam producing 6,800 MW annually. Finally, it states that existing hydropower installations currently supply around 6% of global power consumption, though hydroelectric resources could satisfy almost 50% of current global demand.

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    Hydro-Power: Used by Humans Since The Ancient Ages

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    This document discusses hydroelectric power and hydropower plants around the world. It notes that the two largest hydropower plants are the Itaipu Dam on the Brazil-Paraguay border producing 14,000 MW, and the Three Gorges Dam in China currently producing 18,300 MW. It also lists some of the largest hydropower plants in the United States, including the Hoover Dam producing 2,080 MW and Grand Coulee Dam producing 6,800 MW annually. Finally, it states that existing hydropower installations currently supply around 6% of global power consumption, though hydroelectric resources could satisfy almost 50% of current global demand.

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    Hydro-power: used by humans

    since the ancient ages.


    Modern installations:

    Two worlds largest


    hydropower plants:

    Itaipu Dam, on the border between


    Brazil and Paraguay, until recently
    the largest (14,000 MW)

    The Dam of Three Gorges


    In China, currently the
    largest (18,300 MW, target
    power 22,500 MW).

    (for comparison: average power


    consumption in Oregon: 5,300 MW;
    USA in December 2008:
    461,000 MW).
    The largest US hydropower station, and another very large one:

    Hoover Dam
    (power: 2080 MW; 4 TW-hour annually)

    Grand Coule Dam (Columbia River):


    (6800 MW; 22.6 TW-hour annually)

    World: List of the largest hydropower plants


    Hydroelectric
    Energy
    actually is
    Solar Energy
    somewhat
    transformed
    by the lady
    shown below:

    Mother Nature
    Global hydropower Enough to satisfy almost 50% of
    resources: the current global consumption.

    But the power supplied by all


    existing installation is only 6%
    of the total global consumption.
    Global power production:

    Hydropower
    production,
    by countries:
    Idaho

    Maine

    Montana

    Oregon

    S. Dakota

    Washington
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    Turbine

    Pump
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    The largest in the US, and in the world: Bath County, VA (2700 MW).

    List of the largest Pumped-Storage plants worldwide, by countries


    A graph showing a typical daily activity of a pumped-storage plant:
    Pumping (mostly, during night hours), and Power Generation the
    power generated may sharply go up and down, depending on how
    much backup the nations power system needs at a given moment.

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