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Hydroelectric plants are built along running water and generate power as the water runs through water turbines. Power plants capture the energy released by water falling through a turbine and convert the water's energy into mechanical power. The mechanical energy of the rotating turbines drives generators to produce electricity, which is then fed into the electrical grid to be used in homes, businesses, and by industry.
With 80,000 megawatts of generating capacity, hydropower is the nation's largest renewable electricity source (source: U.S. Department of Energy).
The downside to hydropower is the negative environmental impacts of creating dams to harness running water. Fish populations are impacted given the obstruction of dams from being able to swim freely either upstream or downstream. Given these environmental repercussions and other factors, no new hydroelelctric capacity is likely to be added through 2020 (source: U.S. DOE). |
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