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
• 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
• 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
• The cool mix releases will draw water through the dam bypass tunnels, which are 100 feet below the hydropower intakes and, therefore, draw from the colder part of the lake.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
• At the same time, the state is enduring a severe drought, sapping hydropower production.
  — Joe Ryan, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2022
• Other power sources, like natural gas or hydropower, will be tapped by utility companies to make up for the temporary loss of solar power.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
• Key issues ahead focus on the role of emerging green sources of energy including solar, wind and hydropower, compared to those that emit pollution, especially airborne.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024