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    Hydropower works by capturing the kinetic energy of flowing water using a dam, turbine, and generator. Water is collected in a reservoir behind a dam and then flows through a turbine, which spins a generator to produce electricity. While hydropower is one of the leading renewable energy sources and provides economic and environmental benefits, it can also negatively impact the environment, displace communities, and be costly to construct. The document provides an overview of how hydropower works as well as its advantages and disadvantages.

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    Hydropower works by capturing the kinetic energy of flowing water using a dam, turbine, and generator. Water is collected in a reservoir behind a dam and then flows through a turbine, which spins a generator to produce electricity. While hydropower is one of the leading renewable energy sources and provides economic and environmental benefits, it can also negatively impact the environment, displace communities, and be costly to construct. The document provides an overview of how hydropower works as well as its advantages and disadvantages.

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    Hydropower works by capturing the kinetic energy of flowing water using a dam, turbine, and generator. Water is collected in a reservoir behind a dam and then flows through a turbine, which spins a generator to produce electricity. While hydropower is one of the leading renewable energy sources and provides economic and environmental benefits, it can also negatively impact the environment, displace communities, and be costly to construct. The document provides an overview of how hydropower works as well as its advantages and disadvantages.

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    An Overview of Hydroelectric Power

    Amy Orris, Katelyn Snyder, and Jake Roberts


    FYF 101J- Alternative Energy: Separating Myth From Reality, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18766
    Environmental Problems
    Introduction

    Hydropower is one of
    the leading sources of
    energy in the US today.
    For electricity to be
    generated, flowing
    water, like a river, has to
    flow
    into a reservoir and
    over a
    dam. The water
    then travels
    into a
    powerhouse
    where a
    generator and a
    transformer are
    located.
    A turbine that is
    connected to the
    generator spins which causes the generator to convert the water
    into electricity. The transformer then collects the electricity,
    which is then transported to a plant by power lines that are
    connected to the transformer. The electricity is then stored in the
    plant until it is ready to be used for many different purposes. Any
    excess water that isnt converted into electricity flows back into
    the river through a tunnel located underneath the powerhouse.

    Types of Hydropower

    The dams produce carbon


    dioxide and methane
    Tide power
    Impacts to fish and birds
    Barrage systems
    Upstream impacts
    QuickTime and a
    TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
    Tidal flow
    ~Wetlands are flooded
    are needed to see this picture.
    ~Humans
    often
    displaced
    Wave power
    ~Siltation behind dams
    Advantages
    ~Release of greenhouse
    gasses
    Economic benefits include:
    Downstream effects
    ~No fuel costs
    ff.org/centers/csspp/library/
    ~Scouring
    ~Low labor
    ~Temperature
    impacts
    Dams provide recreation and flood protection
    ~Dam
    failures
    can
    flood
    downstream
    communities
    Dams have a long life
    Hydropower produces constant power
    Social and Political Problems
    It conserves fossil fuels
    It prevents pollution caused by fossil fuels
    Dams often use the most arable land. As a result, people will
    can be displaced.
    ~In the past 50 years, some 40-80 million people have
    been displaced by building high dams.
    ~These people are known as environmental refugees
    The size of reservoirs can be large and costly.
    Claiming that hydro power projects are net producers of
    greenhouse gases is not new, but the issue appears to be
    climbing up the political agenda.

    http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/file.php/1697/220826-1f1.25.jpg

    Conclusion

    http://www.canren.gc.ca/tech_appl/index.asp?CaId=4&PgId=26

    Disadvantages
    It has an impact on the environment
    Construction costs are high
    People are displaced when artificial lakes are created
    Figure 1: A dam and the holding tank for the water,
    or the reservoir, located behind the dam

    Hydropower poses many compelling arguments that provide


    evidence showing that it can potentially be a major source of energy in the
    future. Some of these arguments include that it is the most renewable
    sources of energy, its reliable, efficient, less expensive, and it is a clean
    source of energy. The plant also doesnt produce air emissions, and
    recreational opportunities almost always increase where hydropower is
    developed. It is also reliable, efficient, less expensive, and it is a clean
    source of electricity. The plant also doesnt produce air emissions, and
    recreational opportunities almost always increase where hydropower is
    developed. As the number of resources of energy supplies decreases,
    hydropower will also provide excess amounts of electricity in the future.
    Works Cited
    http://library.thinkquest.org/17531/hydro.html/.
    http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy_
    basics/how-hydroelectric-energy-works.html/.
    http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydropower-plant.htm/.

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