News tagged hydropower
Resources tagged hydropower
  • Fully Charged Show - This Dam Makes Enough FREE Energy To Run A City, 30092022

    Hydroelectric Dams are vast and enormously complex pieces of infrastructure. However, the way they create renewable energy is comparatively simple! Take something high up to give it potential energy. Drop it a certain height to convert that potential energy into movement or kinetic energy. Use that kinetic energy to turn a turbine to generate electricity. And do all of that in the most efficient way possible. Robert Llewellyn visits the Revelstoke Hydroelectric Dam in British Columbia, Canada

  • Just have a Think - World's most powerful tidal turbine (Launched April 2021), 06062021

    The world's oceans hold almost unimaginable amounts of energy, but harnessing that energy in a way that can provide a predictable and reliable source of electrical power has proven to be very difficult. Now a jumbo jet sized floating platform supporting two large turbines has been launched off the coast of Scotland, providing new hope for a potentially influential industry

  • CNBC - What Is The Future Of Hydropower, 28052022

    Hydropower is the world’s largest source of renewable energy, yet we don’t hear much about it. That’s in part because hydropower generation in the US has remained relatively steady for decades, but internationally its been growing rapidly, especially in China. That growth has some environmentalists concerned as dams and reservoirs disrupt the surrounding ecosystems and can create C02 and methane emissions: Hydropower generation is threatened as climate-driven droughts become increasingly common

  • Bitcoin Miners Tap Hydropower as Environmental Criticism Grows | WSJ

    A bitcoin mining facility in upstate New York is using electricity from a local hydroelectric plant powered by the Niagara River. The company is part of a group of miners attempting to make the industry more sustainable, both environmentally and financially.

  • National Geographic - Big, Bigger, Biggest: Dam S02E08, 10032014

    This fantastic documentary highlights key features and engineering design provided on the Three Gorges Dam in China ... the biggest hydroelectric project in the world. Also, five previous landmark dams are featured in the documentary, highlighting the technological advances and leaps they achieved in their time, and how they provide fundamental 'lessons learnt' that should be taken into account for design and construction of future Hydroelectric dams

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