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About how many hydroelectric power plants are in the US?
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What percentage of the electricity used in US comes from hydroelectric plants?
5%
What is a dam How is it useful to us?
A dam is used to make an artificial lake in a river which can be used to generate hydroelectric power or as a reservoir.
How are nuclear power plants licensed and regulated?
In the US, the US NRC their rule books are many tens of thousands of pages long.
Should us continue to build nuclear power plants?
yes
Nuclear power plants in USA?
look at website www.nrc.gov. This has maps and descriptions of all 104 operating reactors in the US
How many hydroelectric power plants are in the US?
36
How many hydroelectric plants exist in the US?
There area little over 850 Hydroelectric Power plants in the United States
What are three ways that electricity is generated in the US?
Coal fired power plants, nuclear power plants, hydroelectric plants, wind generators and solar power plants can be found in the US. There are other types of power generating activities that can also be noted.
What is the percentage of the electricity used in the US is produced by hydroelectric power plants?
approximately 20 percent
What is a source of hydroelectric power in northeastern US?
Niagra Falls _______________________ The biggest source of hydroelectric power in the northeast US is Quebec Hydroelectric. Most is imported from Canada.
What is the energy sources of the US?
Hydroelectric power
How is hydroelectric power is useful to us?
Hydroelectric power is a great way to keep our environment clean. Unlike gasoline, hydroelectric power combusts to form water as a byproduct which does not harm earth.
What is primary source of energy in the us?
Hydroelectric power
What percentage of the electricity used in US comes from hydroelectric plants?
5%
How much of the US electricity comes from hydroelectric power plant?
About 6.1%.
In which region of the US did engineers build dams and hydroelectric plants to provide water electricity?
the south
What is the major source of hydroelectric power of the north eastern US?
Niagara Falls
