Hydropower is the generation of electricity from flowing water - rivers, streams, ocean tides and currents. It is a clean, domestic, renewable energy source that is flexible and reliable. Many hydropower plants can ramp from zero to maximum output in as little as 10 minutes, providing rapid response power to support the stability of the electrical grid and thus modern economies. During the Northeast blackouts of 1965 and 2003, and more recently this summer in California, hydropower plants … [Read more...]
Distributed, baseload, renewable hydropower
