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How does hydroelctric work?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Hydroelectricity, a way or producing Eco-friendly electricity, uses the gravitational potential energy of water, uses falling water to turn a turbine, like water falling from a tap that falls onto a turbine and turns it, the turbine then turns a generator which produces electricity.

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