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=Hydro-River =

=**Definition:** = Hydro power is generated by using electricity generators to extract energy from moving water.

 = **Explaining the diagram **   =

this is a diagram of a conventional hydroelectric facility the water goes though the dam and spins the turbine making kinetic energy. As you can see the water is sent through the Penstock in order to spin the turbine which then turns it in to electricity. The electricity is then either collected in a battery or sent out into different towns and cities so that they will have power. The water that comes out of the hydroelectic dam is highly oxygenated because it gets turned up so much when passing through the Dam. The result of this allows different species of wildlife to thrive there when before the dam these species would not.

=Steps to producing hydro-power =


 * 1-**First there needs to be a dam built with all the the different opponents in the diagram above. Reservoir, Intake,Penstock,Turbine, Generator, powerhouse, Long Distance power lines, River.
 * 2-** As the water above the dam, also known as the Reservoir flow into the Penstock it first has to go through the Intake The Intake has a metal screen like device that acts as a strainer stopping any objects that might in the end clog the turbine.
 * 3-** The water then flows through the Penstock, The Penstock acts as a channel that controls the amount of water flowing into the turbine, which controls the amount of water pressure going through the turbine, so that it does not get over loaded.
 * 4-** The flowing water then spins the turbine, which produces energy that is then sent to the generator which is either stored in batteries at the power house or sent out to towns or cities through the long distance power lines.
 * 5-** After the water flows through the turbine it is then sent back into the river.

=**What are the positive effects of hydro-river power?** =

**1-** It is energy efficient, which makes it so there is only a small amount of water flow needed.
 =**What are the negative effects of hydro-river power?** =
 * 2-** It is a reliable source of energy there is always water flowing and it won't run out.
 * 3-** cheap to harvest the energy and you can keep harvesting the energy because it is renewable.

**1**-Not enough energy to run the whole world on hydro river power or the United states. Which means you can only expand so far.

 * 2**-You have to build everything before you can harvest the power and that can be expensive(large start up cost), also by building these dams and diverting the water it can negatively effect wildlife down river that would normally have more water available.

**What equipment do you need to convert the “raw material” into energy?**
basically what you need is to have heavy construction work equipment to build a dam. =**Extra Info **=

Another thing about hydro-river dams is that they can potentiality give of green house gases. this happens because when there was just land in the area before there was water, there was plant material and then plants are covered with water which causes them to die and break down. If there is enough oxygen in the water it will turn into carbon dioxide which is a green house gas.

the source of hydro-power is water, the flow of the river, is what moves the turbine and produces energy.  =**The most unusual fact is:** = Hydro power was used over 2,000 years ago in ancient Greece and Egypt. They used water wheels that were connected to grindstones to turn wheat in to flour. The first hydro-electric plant was built in Niagara falls in 1881 to power the street lights in the city.

=<span style="color: rgb(28, 24, 242)">**Three-gorge Dam** = The Three-gorge dam is the largest dam in the world and produces more electricity then all of the US’s hydro-power dams put together. It is three miles across which makes for a strong amount of pressure wanting to push through the Dam turning the dams turbines in at maximum speed.