What is hydropower?

 Hydropower is energy that comes from the force of

moving water.
 One of the most widely used renewable source of
energy for generating electricity on a large scale basis
is hydropower.
 The power obtained from river or ocean water is called
as hydropower.
 Hydropower is the renewable source of energy since
water is available in large quantities from rain, rivers,
and oceans and this is will be available for unlimited
time to come
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 Hydro-electric power is generated by the
flow of water through turbine, turning the
blades of the turbine.
 A generator shaft connected to this turbine
also turns and hence generates electricity.
 HISTORY OF HYDROPOWER
 Nearly 2000 years ago the Greeks used water wheels
to grid wheat into flour.
 In the early 1800 s American and European factories
used the water wheel to power machines
 In the late 19th century , the force of falling water
used to generate electricity.
 The first hydroelectric power plant was built on the
Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1882, producing
12.5 kilowatts (kW) of power.
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 The largest and last masonry dam built by
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was the
Roosevelt Dam in Arizona between 1905-
1911; its power output has increased from
4,500 kW to 36,000 kW
 Still use today, Niagara Falls was the First
Hydropower site developed for a vast
quantity of electricity.
World’s First
Hydropower Plant

 The dam across Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, the site of the first
hydroelectric power plant in the world (1882).