Hydropower
Power generation via movement of water
Hydropower, also known as water power or water energy, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by converting the gravitational potential or kinetic energy of a water source to produce power. Hydropower is a method of sustainable energy production. Hydropower is now used principally for hydroelectric power generation, and is also applied as one half of an energy storage system known as pumped-storage hydroelectricity.
“Hydropower” enters the record as power generation via movement of water. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hydropower, Power and generation can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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