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  • noun Hydroelectric power.

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  • noun hydroelectric power

Etymologies

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hydro- +‎ power

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Examples

  • As an example, only 27 percent of the people polled knew that coal-burning was the primary source of electricity in the United States; 40 percent thought that hydropower is the major source.

    Bill Chameides: The Sorry State of Environmental Journalism Bill Chameides 2010

  • LA Times: Boom in hydropower pits fish against climate

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: July 27, 2009 2009

  • As an example, only 27 percent of the people polled knew that coal-burning was the primary source of electricity in the United States; 40 percent thought that hydropower is the major source.

    Bill Chameides: The Sorry State of Environmental Journalism Bill Chameides 2010

  • SA said Wednesday first-quarter net profit rose 16% as a spike in Spanish hydropower output reduced its generation costs.

    Lower Costs Help Iberdrola Profit 2010

  • SA said Wednesday first-quarter net profit rose 16% as a spike in Spanish hydropower output reduced its generation costs.

    Lower Costs Help Iberdrola Profit 2010

  • Renewable energy sources are defined as hydropower, solar, wind, and geothermal energy, biomass and all products from biomass processing including biogas, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biomethane.

    Slovak Spectator 2009

  • Crear called hydropower "more reliable than wind or solar" and said the company, of which he is chairman, will be ready to field test a second turbine in 9 months.

    unknown title 2009

  • Still, Capone called hydropower a "very reliable workhorse" for renewable energy if projects meet environmental standards for issues like fish passage, watershed impact, healthy water flows and water quality.

    The MetroWest Daily News Homepage RSS 2009

  • The bank urged countries to embrace renewable energy such as hydropower, wind, biomass, geothermal and solar to reduce dependence on oil and coal.

    World Bank: Asia Must Act On Clean Energy By ALEX KENNEDY 2010

  • But most alternative supplies (such as hydropower) can't be expanded quickly.

    Bracing For Peak Oil Production By Decade's End 2010

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