hy·dro
ˈhī-(ˌ)drō 
plural hydros
British
: an establishment offering hydropathic treatment (as for weight loss) : health spa
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John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2025
Miners are increasingly co-locating with wind, solar, and hydro projects, acting as flexible demand-response partners and absorbing excess energy when supply outpaces demand and powering down during peak consumption to relieve pressure on the grid.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The practice facility, named the Endeavor Health Performance Center, includes five turf/grass fields, a performance space, hydro pools and an area for the sports medicine team in Roosevelt Square on the site of CHA’s former ABLA Homes housing complex.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
To do this, India needs to invest more in battery storage infrastructure — including via pumped hydro storage, new and innovative battery energy storage systems, and also green hydrogen.
—Radhika Kak, Independent Researcher At Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, Partner At Bcg, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
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That's useful because hydro plants need very little in the way of an external power supply to start operating.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2025
Miners are increasingly co-locating with wind, solar, and hydro projects, acting as flexible demand-response partners and absorbing excess energy when supply outpaces demand and powering down during peak consumption to relieve pressure on the grid.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The practice facility, named the Endeavor Health Performance Center, includes five turf/grass fields, a performance space, hydro pools and an area for the sports medicine team in Roosevelt Square on the site of CHA’s former ABLA Homes housing complex.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
To do this, India needs to invest more in battery storage infrastructure — including via pumped hydro storage, new and innovative battery energy storage systems, and also green hydrogen.
—Radhika Kak, Independent Researcher At Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, Partner At Bcg, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
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hydro
noun
hy·dro
ˈhī-(ˌ)drō
plural hydros
British
: a hydropathic facility : spa
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: a hotel catering to people using such a facility
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