Is hydroelectricity a renewable or non-renewable resource?

Answer 1

Answer No, the water spins a turbine, then the turbine powers a generator, and the generator creates electricity.

That's true of the operation, although the adjective "renewable" is obviously silly by the Universe's most fundamental law! Don't forget that building the dam, power-station etc. uses considerable quantities of fuel and materials.

Answer 2

Yes, because a natural resource is something that comes from nature that people find useful; hydroelectricity comes from water which is part of nature and people find it very useful.

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Well, yes, the water is obviously natural but the dam and power-station etc. are hardly natural and consume a good deal of materials & fuel in their construction. The advantage of hydroelectricity is that it produces no exhaust problems - it merely borrows water from the river. However such schemes do have their disadvantages, such as the reservoir being seen as a convenient water supply encouraging over-use at the cost of people downstream, and the dam altering the river's behaviour in ways not easy to forecast. Ask the R. Colorado!

Useful? of course it is or no-one would build the things!

Answer 3

Hydro-Electricity is a Renewable source of energy, meaning that it will last forever.

Answer 4

Hydroelectricity is counted as a renewable resource.

Answer 5

It's renewable - from the point that... as long as there is water flowing in the river where the power plant is built, the electricity can be generated.

Answer 6

I don’t know