A hydroelectric facility uses falling water to turn a turbine and generate electricity
Having to do with the production of electricity by water power from falling water
of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower; "hydroelectric power
Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used
electric power that is generated from the force of water moving to different heights
A method of generating electricity using moving water The water can be from a fast-flowing river or from a dam or reservoir
(hydr) Relative to a system in which the potential ENERGY of falling water is harnessed by releasing it from DAMs or through a PENSTOCK downward through WATER TURBINEs F - hydro-electrique S - hidroelectrico
Electricity produced from generators driven by water turbines that convert the energy in falling or fast-flowing water to mechanical energy. Water at a higher elevation flows downward through large pipes or tunnels (penstocks). The falling water rotates turbines, which drive the generators, which convert the turbines' mechanical energy into electricity. The advantages of hydroelectric power over such other sources as fossil fuels and nuclear fission are that it is continually renewable and produces no pollution. Norway, Sweden, Canada, and Switzerland rely heavily on hydroelectricity because they have industrialized areas close to mountainous regions with heavy rainfall. The U.S., Russia, China, India, and Brazil get a much smaller proportion of their electric power from hydroelectric generation. See also tidal power