Hydropower

Hydropower

__Hoover Dam__
 * The Hoover Dam generates a lot of power from its 17 turbines that generate lots and lots of power. There are also thirteen 130,000 kilowatt, two 127,000 kilowatt, one 61,500 kilowatt, and one 68,500 kilowatt generators. Presently there are fifteen 178,000 horsepower, one 100,000 horsepower, and one 86,000 horsepower Francis-type vertical hydraulic turbines in the Hoover powerplant. The power is used by many different machines such as cranes, motors, pumps, compressors, lights and other electrical equipment.

__Ideal Hydropower Locations__
 * The best place to build a hydropower dam is a place where there is a big drop in elevation. This causes the water to flow in rivers which the power plants use to make electricity. These power plants store the energy and then distribute the energy through power lines. Some locations of companies that produce of hydroelectricity in the U.S.A. are Niagra Falls and the Hoover Dam.

__Hydropower History__


 * Hydropower first started when Greeks and Romas used a waterwheel that was placed on a river to grind corn with its gears. Running water would turn the wheel, then operating the mill. The milling process soon traveled to Asia and the rest of Europe by 4 A.D. After the water wheel can the water turbine, which used gravity to turn the wheel. Turbine would make a comeback as a source of energy called hydropower. Over the years, the hydropower technology got more and more efficient and now produce much more energy than they did a long time ago.

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