How to Use hydroelectric in a Sentence

hydroelectric

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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
• The share of hydroelectric power shrank by around half from 33% to 17% as Sichuan and Yunnan went off line.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 25 Feb. 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
• The reservoir and three others on the river are being drained with the removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2024
• 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
• In that process, the study found that the Greenland ice sheet produces more energy than the world's 10 largest hydroelectric dams combined.
  — Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
• For decades, the county-run utility relied on a cheap and steady mix of coal and hydroelectric power.
  — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
• One third grade student is all in on hydroelectric power and has been working with his dad on designs.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2024
• For instance, hydroelectric power has dropped because of the drought.
  — Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2023
• More than 200 were feared killed in February after flash floods swept away a hydroelectric dam.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021
• 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
• These dams were part of a federal project in the White River basin to provide flood control and hydroelectric power.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2022
• 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
• Furnas Lake was created in 1958 as part of a hydroelectric plant.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2022
• 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
• The storm also triggered landslides and the partial collapse of a dam structure at a small hydroelectric power plant.
  — Fox News, 3 May 2024
• 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 city is trying to cut costs by switching streetlights to LED bulbs, which use less electricity, and has proposed a new hydroelectric project.
  — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
• South of Mankato, an aging hydroelectric dam partially failed as the raging Blue Earth River washed around one side of the structure.
  — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 30 July 2024
• The former hydroelectric dam was no longer useful and its polluted reservoir posed a serious health risk to wildlife downstream and anyone who might get exposed to the toxins should the dam fail.
  — Kristoffer Tigue, WIRED, 13 July 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024