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What percentage of the electricity used in the united States is produced by hydroelectric power plants?
Hydroelectric power plants generate about 7% of the electricity in the United States.
What is the major source of hydroelectric power in the northeastern United states?
Niagara falls
How many hydroelectric plants exist in the US?
There area little over 850 Hydroelectric Power plants in the United States
In the United States today what percent of the electricity is generated by hydroelectric power?
About 5 percent
What state uses the most hydroelectric power?
Washington is the state that uses the most hydroelectric power in the United States. It has abundant water resources and is home to several large hydroelectric dams, such as the Grand Coulee Dam and the Chief Joseph Dam.
What three states have the greatest potential to use hydroelectric power?
There are many states that have potential to use hydroelectric power. One of the states that have the greatest potential is Alaska.
What state produces the most hydroelectric power?
When the water is falling from height. The more the falling speed, the greater the energy.
What industries rely on hydro power?
Electric power industry and manufacturing rely on hydro power. Most of the electricity that is generated by hydroelectric plants in the United States of America use hydro power.
What is hydroelectric power harnessed?
Most rivers around the world produce water with the capability of supporting hydroelectric power generation. We can only appreciate from the Yellow and Blue rivers in China, to the mighty Colorado in the Western United States, the harnessing of water power is in full swing -- either established, recently built, or planned.
What are two limitations on on hydroelectric power in the US?
Most of the suitable rivers have already been dammed, and dams can have negative effects on the environment. :)
How was hydroelectric power made?
Hydroelectric power is made from water.
In 1999 about percent of the world's energy needs were met through hydroelectric means?
In 1999, approximately 16% of the world's energy needs were met through hydroelectric means.
