How to Use hydroelectric in a Sentence

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• About 150 tons of oil have been released this week from the hydroelectric plant.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 9 June 2023
• This is the standard most major hydroelectric projects in the United States have to meet.
  — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
• Dana Taylor: So the last of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River will come down this year.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• The model then tracked the growth of the African grid to meet demand through 2050, with the cost of each hydroelectric plant compared to alternatives.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2023
• Tubes that run water out of the lake and into two hydroelectric turbines could soon be above the water.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2023
• The reservoir is formed by a hydroelectric power plant, the final of a series on the Dnieper River, which courses through the heart of Ukraine.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
• One of four hydroelectric dams has been torn down, and three other dams are set to be dismantled next year.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• If the lake gets to an elevation of 950 feet, the dam will no longer be able to produce hydroelectric power.
  — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022
• Even in a war that has razed entire cities, the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine stands out.
  — Dmitriy Khavin, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• There's steady power—the stuff of hydroelectric dams and the Budweiser Clydesdales.
  — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
• This one started with the Russians blasting a hole in a critical hydroelectric dam in the southern part of the country.
  — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 4 July 2023
• For decades, the county-run utility relied on a cheap and steady mix of coal and hydroelectric power.
  — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
• For instance, hydroelectric power has dropped because of the drought.
  — Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2023
• In the game, Joel and Ellie find Tommy at a hydroelectric plant, which his group is using to power their settlement.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 19 Feb. 2023
• The Buford Dam at the lake’s southern end generates hydroelectric power for the metro Atlanta area.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• Fish like the Cahaba because there are no major hydroelectric dams blocking up the place.
  — Joseph Goodman, al, 14 Apr. 2023
• As Ukrainian forces battled to advance, the hydroelectric dam outside Kherson has emerged as critical to the fight for the region.
  — Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• If the reservoir drops below 950 feet, the Hoover Dam will no longer generate hydroelectric power.
  — Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2023
• Swiss authorities want to hold up flows to help hydroelectric plants rev up, when needed.
  — Jamey Keaten, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• The removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Klamath River is the movement’s greatest triumph and its greatest challenge.
  — Adam Beam, Fortune, 31 July 2023
• The collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam and the emptying of its reservoir on the river have added to the misery that the region has suffered for more than a year from artillery and missile attacks.
  — Vasilisa Stepanenko and Jamey Keaten, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2023
• The drought could also threaten the many hydroelectric power plants that rely on the Po’s water to produce energy.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2022
• Swiss authorities want to hold up flows to ensure their hydroelectric plants can rev up when needed.
  — Jamey Keaten, ajc, 27 Oct. 2022
• The dam, a major hydroelectric power station and the only Dnipro crossing in the region, has been under Russian control since last year.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 6 June 2023
• The Teesta 3 hydroelectric power project, with its 60-meter-high dam, was destroyed in its entirety.
  — WIRED, 24 Oct. 2023
• The collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam and emptying of its reservoir on the river have added to the misery that the region has suffered for more than a year from artillery and missile attacks.
  — Vasilisa Stepanenko and Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2023
• As that surface water plunged closer to the dam’s hydroelectric turbine intakes, the bass started slipping through.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
• The effort will remove four aging hydroelectric dams in the Klamath River, restoring hundreds of miles of salmon habitat.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• The decline threatens to disrupt hydroelectric power production and water sent to cities and farms.
  — Kathleen Ronayne, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
• At that point, the surface would be approaching the tops of eight underwater openings that allow river water to pass through the hydroelectric dam.
  — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024