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HYDRO ELECTRIC
POWER

WHAT IS

HYDROELECTRIC
POWER?

Hydroelectric power, or
hydroelectricity, is
generated by the force of
falling water. Its one of the
cleanest sources of energy, and
its also the most reliable and
costs the least.

PARTS OF A HYDROELECTRIC PLANT

THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY A

HYDROPOWER PLANT PRODUCES DEPENDS
ON TWO FACTORS:

1.How Far the Water Falls.

2. Amount of Water Falling

HYDROPOWER
TURBINES

TYPES OF

IMPULSE TURBINE

PELTO
N

CROSS-FLOW

REACTION TURBINE

PROPELLER

BULB
TURBINE

KAPLAN

 STRAFLO
TUBE
TURBI
NE

FRANCIS

SIZE OF

HYDROPOWER
PLANTS

LARGE HYDROPOWER

capacity of

more than 30 megawatts.

SMALL HYDROPOWER

capacity of

100 kilowatts to 30 megawatts.

MICRO HYDROPOWER

capacity of
up to 100 kilowatts. A small or microhydroelectric power system can produce
enough electricity for a home, farm, ranch, or
village

TYPES OF

HYDROPOWER
PLANTS

IMPOUNDMENT
The most common
type of hydroelectric
power plant
Uses a dam to store
river water in a
reservoir

DIVERSION

Sometimes called

run-of-river
not
require the use of
It may
a dam

PUMPED STORAGE

It stores energy by pumping

water uphill to a reservoir at

higher elevation
a second reservoir at a

lower elevation

from

BIGGEST DAM IN THE WORLD

THREE GORGES DAM

YANGTZE RIVER, CHINA
capacity of

22.5 GW
Biggest Hydro
Dam in the

World

ITAIPU DAM
PARAN RIVER, BRAZIL/PARAGUAY

capacity of

14 GW

Straddles the
line between
two countries

XILUODU
JINSHA RIVER, CHINA

capacity of

13,860MW
flood
control for the
Provides
region

HYDROELECTRIC IN THE

PHILIPPINES

ESCUDERO HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT

Located in Villa Escudero
(Tiaong, Quezon Philippines)
Built in

1937

It is generated for the

Escudero Coconut
Plantation

Composed of 2 hrydo units:

75 kW and 37.5 kW

AGUS VI

HYDROELECTRIC PLANT
Maria Cristina Falls
("twin falls)

capacity of

200MW

Supplied by a water flow of

130 cubic meters

per second.
about

CBK POWER COMPANY

LIMITED
(CALIRAYA - BOTOCAN - KALAYAAN HYDRO ELECTRIC
POWER PLANT)

CALIRAYA HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANT (CHEPP)

Located in

Lumban, Laguna

First power

plant ever built

by NPC and was fully
commissioned after World War II
The plant was equipped with

four units

with a combined

generating capacity of

MW

32

BOTOCAN HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT (BHEPP)

Located in

Majayjay, Laguna,

capacity of

20.8MW

Water source

River

Botocan

KALAYAAN PUMPED STORAGE POWER PLANT (KPSPP)

Located in

Kalayaan, Laguna

The first of its kind in

Southeast Asia
Kalayaan Stage 1

336.0MW

capacity

Kalayaan Stage 2

348.6MWcapa
city