hydroelectric
adjective
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The prime component of most hydroelectric systems is a dam. A high dam funnels water downward at high pressure to spin turbines, which in turn drive generators to produce high-voltage electricity. Mountainous countries with rushing rivers can produce the most hydroelectricity. Though hydroelectricity comes from a clean and completely renewable energy source, dams disrupt natural systems in a way that disturbs environmentalists.
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Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
Since the beginning of this year, a hacktivist group known as the Cyber Army of Russia, or sometimes Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, has taken credit on at least three occasions for hacking operations that targeted US and European water and hydroelectric utilities.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
The attacks destroyed a power plant in the Kyiv region and damaged Ukraine’s biggest hydroelectric power plant and multiple thermal power plants.
—John Hudson, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
The attacks, which hammered thermal and hydroelectric power plants, have sparked fears about the resilience of an energy system that was hobbled by a Russian air campaign in the war’s first winter.
—Reuters, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
In the southern city of Zaporizhia, the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant suffered damage to its structure, including a large dam.
—Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Among the major targets was Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric power complex, situated on the Dnipro river in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.
—Andrew Carey, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
On a special episode (first released on February 4, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: With green energy (including nuclear and hydroelectric) now powering almost 40% of America’s grid, the next few years will be critical to meet the 100% goal by 2035.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
As the bodies pile up in the wilds of northern Quebec, the contamination threatens to reach hydroelectric dams.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Hydroelectric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydroelectric. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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