How to Use hydropower in a Sentence

hydropower

noun

• The hydropower plant didn't just impact the region's wildlife, but the livelihood of the people living around the lake, as well.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023
• Add a drought in the West that has dried up hydropower production.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• According to Bain, a few things could be done to make up for a decrease in hydropower.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
• But more needs to be resolved for the river to remain a viable source of water and hydropower.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023
• With the global boom in hydropower, more and more dams are being built on land that was set aside for protection.
  — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2022
• Among the sub-sectors, the hydropower, chicken, and pork sub-sectors were among the top performers overnight.
  — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• But even with close to a decade restoring the landscape, sediment still shows up in hydropower bays, Fecko said.
  — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 29 May 2022
• Plus, the batteries can be recharged and power the ships while in port thanks to Norway’s robust hydropower grid.
  — Elissa Garay, TIME, 25 July 2024
• Dominique Bain is the co-author of a 2018 paper on the impacts of drought and climate change on hydropower in the Southwestern US.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
• That’s the point at which Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams can no longer produce hydropower because there is not enough water to flow through the turbines safely.
  — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
• That’s partly a result of China’s crackdown, which cut off a source of cheap hydropower.
  — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022
• The two reservoirs are the largest on the river and help manage water and hydropower for more than 40 million people in seven states.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
• That’s because the water is free, except for a $75 treatment cost, and generates hydropower along the way.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• The use of renewables like wind, solar, and hydropower are growing but still make up just 20% of the energy mix.
  — Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021
• Robison pulls out his binoculars and looks for birds while Hayes and I evaluate the pros and cons of hydropower.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• And grassroots efforts against hydropower dams and lithium mining have taken shape in the West.
  — Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2022
• In the rush for green energy, at one point, as many as 45 hydropower plants were planned across the region, portending a dismal fate for the species that call the river home.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 17 Mar. 2023
• So much rain and snow may boost hydropower — good news for California’s grid.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• Historically, most of the funding for the fish recovery program has come from the sale of hydropower at the very dams that endanger the fish in the first place.
  — Stephanie Mencimer, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2022
• But the drought has reduced water levels in major reservoirs to such an extent that hydropower plants could be forced to shut down in a few months.
  — Richard M. Frank, CNN, 16 July 2021
• In the past few decades, drought, climate change and the overuse of water have caused the lake level to drop, spurring a crisis for the millions of people who rely on it for water and hydropower.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
• Lakes Powell and Mead, the key reservoirs that store river water and provide hydropower across the West, are only about a quarter full.
  — Kathleen Ronayne, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2022
• Global heat waves and drought are crippling hydropower.
  — Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
• Bosnia’s main sources of energy are hydropower and local coal.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• The extra releases over the next year could boost hydropower production in the short term, with longer-term decreases as the reservoir drops.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• Electricity producers will be pushed to speed up the switch to wind, solar and hydropower from coal.
  — New York Times, 14 July 2021
• There are many ways to convert the movement of liquids into electricity, such as, in the form of hydropower or tidal power.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2023
• Colombia gets two-thirds of its energy from hydropower, but oil and gas account for nearly a third of all its exports.
  — Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg.com, 11 Mar. 2022
• To support this project, Adaro is constructing a hydropower plant that will operate one of the world's tallest dams, standing 235 meters high.
  — Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• But at the same time, large increases in emissions from other countries in 2023, combined with declines in production of electricity from hydropower due to drought, greatly offset the strides made by others.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024