How to Use hydropower in a Sentence

hydropower

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  • The hydropower plant didn't just impact the region's wildlife, but the livelihood of the people living around the lake, as well.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023
  • But more needs to be resolved for the river to remain a viable source of water and hydropower.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023
  • With the global boom in hydropower, more and more dams are being built on land that was set aside for protection.
    — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2022
  • That’s the point at which Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams can no longer produce hydropower because there is not enough water to flow through the turbines safely.
    — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The two reservoirs are the largest on the river and help manage water and hydropower for more than 40 million people in seven states.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
  • That’s because the water is free, except for a $75 treatment cost, and generates hydropower along the way.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Robison pulls out his binoculars and looks for birds while Hayes and I evaluate the pros and cons of hydropower.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • And grassroots efforts against hydropower dams and lithium mining have taken shape in the West.
    — Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • In the rush for green energy, at one point, as many as 45 hydropower plants were planned across the region, portending a dismal fate for the species that call the river home.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 17 Mar. 2023
  • So much rain and snow may boost hydropower — good news for California’s grid.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Historically, most of the funding for the fish recovery program has come from the sale of hydropower at the very dams that endanger the fish in the first place.
    — Stephanie Mencimer, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2022
  • In the past few decades, drought, climate change and the overuse of water have caused the lake level to drop, spurring a crisis for the millions of people who rely on it for water and hydropower.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Lakes Powell and Mead, the key reservoirs that store river water and provide hydropower across the West, are only about a quarter full.
    — Kathleen Ronayne, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Global heat waves and drought are crippling hydropower.
    — Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • There are many ways to convert the movement of liquids into electricity, such as, in the form of hydropower or tidal power.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2023
  • At the same time, the state is enduring a severe drought, sapping hydropower production.
    — Joe Ryan, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2022
  • In 2016, a dam in neighboring China containing a glacial lake burst, washing away a hydropower project in Nepal.
    — Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • And what can be done to help the species recover from the impacts of habitat loss, pollution, overfishing, and hydropower?
    — Christina Couch, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2022
  • For more on the future of salmon in the Pacific Northwest — and the role of hydropower dams in the energy transition — see my recent story, focused on the Snake.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Despite solar’s surge, the progress of wind, hydropower, and biofuels is lagging.
    — Fatih Birol, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • That, in turn, led to a sharp decrease in hydropower that California relies on when power is in peak demand.
    — Brian Melley, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The strategy offers a glimpse of how better forecasting can allow hydropower to adapt to the climate age.
    — WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Your neighborhood might not be equipped to set up its own wind turbines or hydropower plant, but there's one method that works pretty much anywhere: solar.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 1 May 2023
  • Juneau gets most of its electricity from lakes that offer a clean hydropower resource.
    — WIRED, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Since then, while the government held back water to protect the reservoir and its hydropower production, the beaches have eroded.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The waterway is also a major source of hydropower for the country and plays a key role in shipping and global supply chain management.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Northvolt’s first full-scale factory, at a site in Sweden 125 miles south of the Arctic Circle chosen for its abundant hydropower, is the size of the Pentagon.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 31 May 2023
  • But thanks to the drought and low water levels, the hydropower system on the river has been producing about 40 percent less electricity this year.
    — Stephanie Mencimer, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The Himalayas provide almost half of the hydropower installed capacity in India, a source the country plans to expand.
    — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2023
  • But the water flowing past that dam could be colder, having recently chilled in the depths of Roosevelt and poured through the spill gates instead of from the warming surface and into the hydropower turbines.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023

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