HYDRO POWER HOW HYDRO POWER WORKS Hydro plants

HYDRO POWER

HOW HYDRO POWER WORKS Hydro plants capture the energy of the falling water. And that turns the Turbine and that is connected to the Generator. Then Generator takes the energy and then the Transformer turns the energy in to use able energy and that’s how Hydro Electricity Works

LETS TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HYDRO POWER

IMPOUNDMENT It is like the second slide just with more detail. IMPOUNDMENT Listen carefully the Dam stores the water and the Penstock carries the water to the turbines and that is IMPOUNDMENT

PUMPED STORAGE Open loop pumped storage Hydropower works like this. The lower reservoir sucks in the water and it goes through the Penstock/tunnel. And the Upper Reservoir sucks the water and send it to the lower reservoir. The Powerhouse holds the Generator/motor and the Turbine/Pump. The pump turns the motor which makes the electricity. An the closed loop pumped storage is the same thing pretty much.

HOW MUCH HYDRO POWER IS USED IN THE WORLD In 2011, at 3, 500 billion kilowatts- hours. Hydroelectricity accounted for roughly 16 percent of global electricity generation, almost all produced by the world's 45, 000 -plus large dams. Today hydropower is generated in over 160 countries. Canada is 4 place on the chart.

HYDROPOWER USED IN CANADA 1. Quebec at 38, 400 Megawatts 2. British Columbia at 13, 800 Megawatts 3. Ontario at 8, 500 Megawatts An that is the TOP 3 Provinces in Canada that use HYDROPOWER.

MEGAWATTS TRANSFORMED INTO WATTS Quebec’s Hydro power in megawatts is 38, 400 But in watts it is 3840000 thirty-eight billion, four hundred million watts which is enough to drive a TESLA MODEL 3 159, 336, 099 one hundred and fiftynine million and three hundred and thirty-six thousand ninety-nine MILES. I think that you would be able to drive around North America 7 times

PROS 1. A renewable energy source. Hydro electricity is a renewable because it uses the water to produce electricity. The sun shines and the water. And the water evaporates from the surface and it forms clouds and then falls back on to the earth in the form of rain and snow. Hydroelectric power will never disappear 2. Hydroelectric power is one of the green and clean alternative energy sources out there. Creating power with hydroelectric energy is not contaminating itself. The energy produced by hydroelectric plants do not produce any toxic or greenhouse gases that pollutes the atmosphere. The main contamination happens when the power plants are being built. CONS 1. Power plants can be incredibly expensive to build, no matter what type you may be building. Hydroelectric power plants are not a special case to this. Hydroelectric power plants are very costly to construct due to logistical challenges like topography, laying foundations under water and the materials used to build it. 2. One of the main downsides to setting up hydroelectric power plants is the risk of local droughts. The energy and power costs are discovered depending upon water accessibility.

HYDROPOWER EFFECTS 1. Flooding 2. Very , very little green house gases 3. River banks 4. Fish 5. Methane, a strong greenhouse gas, may also form in some reservoirs and be emitted to the atmosphere. Hydropower does not pollute the water or the air. However, hydropower facilities can have large environmental impacts by changing the environment

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