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Hydro Power | Hydraulic Power
Hydropower or hydraulic power is the force or energy of moving water. It is captured for some useful purpose. There are several forms of hydropower. Tidal power and wave power are used for energy sources. Also, there are hydroelectric dams or watermills used to create energy. Hydroelectricity is produced by hydropower. It is a renewable source of energy, produces no waste, and does not produce carbon dioxide (CO2) which contributes to greenhouse gases.
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. Hydroplants range in size from micro-hydro plants that power only a few homes to giant dams that provide electricity for millions of people.
Hydropower is a renewable form of energy since it uses the power of flowing water, without wasting or depleting it in the production of energy. By easing emissions from gas, coal and oil fired power plants; hydropower can contribute to reducing air pollution and to slowing down global warming. Hydropower is a clean source of electricity because it produces very few greenhouse gases, no other air pollutants, and it does not generate any toxic waste by-products. Water from rivers is a domestic resource that is not subject to fluctuations in fuel prices; therefore, hydropower promotes energy security and independence. Hydropower is an electricity source with long viability and very low operation and maintenance costs that one generation gives to several successive ones.
We are starting to see large amounts of coastal waters that are being reserved in North America by small companies who plan to take advantage of ocean energy technologies, in the hopes that these sites will become profitable sources of electricity.
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy effectively uses natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, hydroelectricity, micro hydro, biomass and biofuels for transportation.
