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What machines are used for hydroelectricity?
The primary machine used in hydro-electric power generation is the turbine. It's a main fixture of hydro dams.
What are the positive effects of dams?
They can assist in controlling flooding on many rivers. Dams can by used to create hydro-electric power. The lakes created are often great recreation areas.
Who can use hydro electricity?
Some rivers have dams which are used for the generation of electric power, which is then sold to the public by the local electric utility. If you live in an area which is supplied with hydro-electric power, you are then free to use it, if you pay your electric bills, or at least, if you live in a building whose owner pays the electric bills.
What is water mainly used for in nz?
electricity dams/hydro dams
Who uses hydro-power and for what purposes?
everyone that can afford it. And you can use it for electricity, electric motors, electric heat
How is hydro power used?
Hydropower is used to make electricity, usually at dams. Hydroelectric power is a renewable energy source, with energy captured from moving water.
Where are tidal powers used?
It is used in Hydro Electric Power Projects for producing Electricity
Which country first used hydro-electric power?
Australia started having hydro power by the 1900'sbut people first go t power in there homes in London in 1882 using hydro power. hydro power was invented in the early 1800's.
Could hydro-power be used for transportation?
Yes, hydro (kinetic) energy can be used to generate electricity. There are many electric vehicles, including trains.
How is hydropower used in homes?
Hydro power is generated as electricity that is supplied to your home through wires, as normal, so it just seems like other types of electric power. . . . . . You pay your bills to an electric power company, they will be able to tell you if you are supplied with hydro-electric or not.
How is hydro power obtained?
1.Water is collected at a certain height in huge reservoirs. 2.This water,which has lot of potential energy 3.The energy of falling water is used for generating electricity in hydro-electric power stations 4.In hydro-electric power plants turbines are used to convert the energy of falling water into mechanical energy 5.Hydro-electric power plants have least operating cost 6.They are free from environmental problem
Was hydro-power used in 1900?
The reason that there are so many towns in the Piedmont of the Appalachian mountains is because the mills that relied upon the water falls. Hydro-electric maybe not but hydro-power, yes.
