Hydroelectricity

Converting water into electricity

By perrin T fornatale Sources: national geographic

Hydroelectric energy is a plausible form of potential and kinetic energy, with the simplicity to use our Mother Earths’ oceans and seas to generate and provide electricity. One of the main sources to convert this potential energy into electricity ergo, turning into kinetic energy are dams. As said by National Geographic, “A Slovanian hydroelectric dam: is a damed river in a valley marked with agricultural fields along the flood plains surrounded by rolling hills.” That is a large dam of a natural river. There are bigger ones, but more on that later!

There are 3 different types of hydroelectric impoundment facilities to sort water into pools or reservoirs. There are also diversion facilities, they are very unique because they do not use a dam. Instead, it uses a series of canals with water generation through turbines. The 3rd type is a pumped-storage facility this collect energy from wind, solar, and nuclear power it sores energy by pumping tons of water from a pool at lower elevation to a resevoir at higher elevation.

Now for the largest dam ever built!: (so far) The Three Gorges dam is 2,335 meters long and 185 meters tall it can produce 22,500 megawatts of powers Overall approximately 71% of earths renewable energy is hydroelectric.

Thank you, that is all!