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	Hydroelectricity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, aluminium processing requires substantial amounts of electricity, and in Britain's Scottish Highlands there are examples at Kinlochleven and Lochaber, designed and constructed during the early years of the 20th century.
		Norway produces virtually all of its electricity from hydro, while Iceland produces 83% of its requirements (2004), Austria produces 67 % of all electricity generated in the country from hydro (over 70 % of its requirements).
		Apart from a few countries with an abundance of it, hydro capacity is normally applied to peak-load demand, because it can be readily stored during off-peak hours (in fact, pumped-storage hydroelectric reservoirs are sometimes used to store electricity produced by thermal plants for use during peak hours).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hydroelectricity (1508 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The mechanical energy contained in the flowing water is used to the produce electricity by operating some form of generator.
		When electricity is in demand, valves will be released, allowing the water to flow downhill to a power station where turbines will be made to turn by the force of the water flow.
		Currently the largest hydro electric project in the world is the Itaipu Dam with total capacity of 12,600 megawatts on the border of Brazil and Paraguay.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/h/hy/hydroelectricity.html (800 words)

	ENERGY FACTS: HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER
		Hydro power is currently the world's largest renewable source of electricity, accounting for 6% of worldwide energy supply or about 15% of the world's electricity.
		During periods of peak electrical demand, water from the higher reservoir is released through turbines to the lower reservoir, and electricity is produced (Figure 2).
		As well, many small hydro electric sites were abandoned in the 1950's and 60's when the price of oil and coal was very low, and their environmental impacts unrealized.
	www.ecology.com /archived-links/hydroelectric-energy (2068 words)

	Energy Resources: Hydro-electric
		The first use of water to generate electricity was in 1882 on the Fox river, in the USA, which produced enough power to light two paper mills and a house.
		The huge "Hoover Dam", on the Colorado river, supplies much of the electricity for the city of Las Vegas.
		There's a good explanation of how hydro power works at www.fwee.org.
	www.darvill.clara.net /altenerg/hydro.htm#top (474 words)

	HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER
		Traditionally thought of as a cheap and clean source of electricity, most large hydro-electric schemes being planned today are coming up against a great deal of opposition from environmental groups and native people.
		The first use of moving water to produce electricity was a waterwheel on the Fox River in Wisconsin in 1882, two years after Thomas Edison unveiled the incandescent light bulb.
		As electricity demand soared in the middle years of this century, and the efficiency of coal and oil fuelled power plants increased, small hydro plants fell out of favour.
	www.groept.be /dam/HYDROpower.htm (1761 words)

	Manitoba Hydro Electric Energy and Natural Gas
		Manitoba Hydro has signed a 10-year agreement with Minnesota-based Xcel Energy, subject to regulatory approval in both jurisdictions, for export of 500 megawatts of electricity from Manitoba to Minnesota starting in 2005.
		Electricity exports have made up a growing portion of Manitoba Hydro revenues in the last decade, rising to $588 million in 2001-02 from $143 million in 1992-93, mainly due to higher export market rates.
		During the decades since Manitoba Hydro has been exporting electricity it is estimated that such exports have reduced the production of greenhouse gases by 157 million tonnes by reducing the need for thermal generation in the region.
	www.hydro.mb.ca /news/releases/news_02_08_09.shtml (458 words)

	EPA - Clean Energy - Electricity from Hydropower
		A hydroelectric power plant converts this energy into electricity by forcing water, often held at a dam, through a hydraulic turbine that is connected to a generator.
		The construction of hydropower plants can alter sizable portions of land when dams are constructed and lakes are created, flooding land that may have once served as wildlife habitat, farmland, and scenic retreats.
		Currently, facilities in the U.S. can generate enough hydropower to supply electricity to 28 million households, which is equivalent to about 500 million barrels of oil.
	www.epa.gov /cleanenergy/hydro.htm (719 words)

	The Energy Story - Chapter 12: Hydro Power
		Hydro is one of the largest producers of electricity in the United States.
		Some of that electricity is exported from the state and used in other states.
		Hydro power today can be found in the mountainous areas of states where there are lakes and reservoirs and along rivers.
	www.energyquest.ca.gov /story/chapter12.html (595 words)

	Harris Hydroelectric: The Product (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Water is collected upstream from the hydro and piped downstream to where the turbine is located.
		As a rule the greater the head, (the difference in elevation between the collection point and the turbine is called the head) the better.
		Wound fields have a 3% to 5% loss in efficiency from electricity used to run the coil, as well as brush maintenance and coil failure problems.
	www.harrishydro.com (543 words)

	FAQ's - Hydro Electric
		Start at your best possible hydro location and look along the plane of the level to a landmark (a rock, stick, another person).
		The Cuttyhunk people had plans to heat island houses electrically with dynamic load switching as a less wasteful alternative to their desk-sized resistor bank under the windmill...
		When the hydro site is located more than 300 feet from the house, is it better to use a higher voltage, AC system?
	www.thesustainablevillage.com /faq/hydroelectric.html (427 words)

	Scottish Hydro-Electric (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Scottish Hydro-Electric is to upgrade Stonehaven's electricity network at a cost of £0.8m, and will also add fibre-optic cable for a new telecoms link.
		Scottish Hydro-Electric has agreed a weather-related electricity supply contract with Enron of the US, in which it will receive cash if the temperatures are lower than set levels during the winter.
		Scottish Hydro has had to drop plans to buy British Gas' business in Scotland and parts of northern England as British Gas was said to be unable to complete the deal while facing major regulatory and commercial pressures.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /scc31309.htm (624 words)

	Scottish Hydro-Electric
		They have recently expanded their services to include home telephone (visit the home telephone calculator on buy.co.uk to find the cheapest deal available for you), and are currently rolling out a broadband service based on Powerline Communications.
		The company was created with the successful merger between Scottish Hydro-Electric and Southern Electric in 1999, and in 2000 the group purchased Swalec for £210 million.
		Hydro-electricity is very important because it’s a renewable energy resource that is far less harmful to the environment than traditional methods of generating gas and electricity.
	www.buy.co.uk /info/scottish_hydro_electric.asp (726 words)

	Hydro Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		People tend to use more electricity during the day and in the summer (when their AC is on).
		Another great attraction of hydro is that it is relatively cheap: 1 kW/hour might cost 4 cents to generate while the same amount of energy produced via photo-voltaic cells might you as much as 30 cents.[1] In some ways, hydro plants are quite environmentally friendly as well.
		Another key advantage of hydro power is one that I have already mentioned: the ability to store energy (in the shape of water) in times of low-demand.
	web.grinnell.edu /techstudies/Erickson_Wang/HydroPower.html (2444 words)

	Hydro-Electric Power Projects of Bhutan: Bhutannewsonline.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bhutan got its first electricity in 1966, when the first 256 KW diesel generator was installed in Phuentsholing in 1966.
		The growth was largely spurred by the sale of electricity to India from power projects, with the Chhukha Hydro Power Corporation Limited contributing more than 80 percent to the export.
		The study has found that a hydro power project of 360 MW capacity across the Mangdechu in Trongsa dzongkhag is feasible.
	www.bhutannewsonline.com /hydro_electricity.html (2114 words)

	Hydro-Electric Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The construction of the Big Chute plant was closely followed by formation of the Hydro Electric Power Commission (HEPC) of Ontario, the public body responsible for the regulation of electricity supply in the province.
		In July of 1914, the Hydro Commission, later to become Ontario Hydro, took the first step in public control of hydro-electricity by purchasing the Big Chute plant, making it the first power producing facility owned by the agency.
		This private power system of some twenty subsidiary companies became the Central Ontario Region of the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario after it was purchased by the province in 1916.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /waterway/rg_eng_i/hydro.htm (686 words)

	Encyclopedia of Australia: Building of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme was one of the biggest civil engineering works in the world at the time it was begun in 1949.
		It was designed to double Australia's electricity generating capacity and to make more water available for irrigation.
		The Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority, which supervised the undertaking, was established under an act passed by the Chifley Government in July 1949.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:29435362&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (188 words)

	Small hydro-electric projects and fish - BC Adventure Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hydro has some run of the river projects running for over 20 years unless you new one was on the creek you would walk right by it and keep fishing.
		Anyway, as others have said, there are several small hydro plants that have been selling power to BCH for years - there's one at McBride that generates a few MW that has been in operation for a good 20 years.
		It was Hydro that evaluated these "green project proposals against detailed low environmental impact and social responsibility criteria".
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/forums/Forum2/HTML/020784-2.html (1804 words)

	Real Goods - hydro turbines & accessories
		For those who are lucky enough to have a good site, hydro is really the renewable energy of choice.
		System component costs are lower, and watts per dollar return is higher for hydro than for any other renewable source.
		Hydro sizing charts, charge controllers, and further info.
	www.realgoods.com /renew/shop/list.cfm?dp=1200 (200 words)

	Mount Equinox: Hydro Electric Project Overview
		The fall of the first penstock from Lake Madeline is 500 feet to the number two Power station, from Hopper Pond to the number one power station is 750 feet which gives this type of generation its name, High Head.
		The present day Hydro electric operations on Mount Equinox ideally unchanged from Davidson’s original vision, they have provided power to the mountain for over 40 years.
		In times of excess water, both hydro electric generators are connected to the local utility company and the water is then transformed into excess power and it runs off the mountain into the utilities lines and helps to add to Vermont’s power.
	www.equinoxmountain.com /hydropower (269 words)

	Scottish Hydro-Electric
		Scottish Hydro Electric is part of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group.
		Scottish Hydro-Electric were one of the original electricity boards, known at the time as the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board until a name change in 1991 to Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
		Gas and electricity from Scottish Hydro-Electric is available throughout the UK and currently some 5 million customers across the UK purchase their gas and/or electricity from one of the Scottish and Southern Energy brands.
	energylinx.co.uk /scottish_hydro_electric.htm (278 words)

	The Quill Consultancy - Hydro-Electric Corporation MCSE Certification Case Study
		The Hydro was committed to ensuring its IT staff were well equipped to gain future employment, either with one of the selected service providers or elsewhere.
		Due to the number of employees attending the training, the Hydro needed a program that allowed their employees to attend out of regular hours.
		As a result, many of the Hydro employees have sat the necessary exams and are now well on the way to certification.
	www.quill.com.au /studies/csHECMCSE.htm (327 words)

	Chicago Hydro Electric Utilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Natural Resources - Energy in Canada 2000 - Ontario Power Generation, Inc., Hydro-Qubec and BC Hydro are the three most prominent electric utilities in Canada.
		Hydro Electricity, Manitoba Economy, Business Facts, Manitoba - - Hydro-Electricity.
		E-112 Electric Utility Load Leveling: US Technology and Markets - pumped hydro, and compressed air companies, and of course electric utilities - UNIVERSITY OF NiSource Inc. - Whiting Electric Company organized (first electric utility in Calumet region).
	www.find-it-chicago.com /Chicago-Hydro-Electric-Utilities.php (502 words)

	FWEE.org
		For the first time in history, electrical energy can be used to power machines to do work that was formerly done by humans and animals.
		This agreement seeks to meet the region's electricity needs most efficiently by operating the diverse generating resources as a coordinated system, as if they were owned by a single utility.
		Portions of the act helped stimulate growth of small scale hydro plants as a means of meeting the nation's energy needs.
	www.fwee.org /timeline.html (1620 words)

	Hydro Tasmania - Home
		We contribute about 60 percent of Australia's renewable energy through hydro power stations in Tasmania with increasing commercial involvement nationally and internationally.
		The Energy business manages and operates power station and related hydro infrastructure for the generation and trading of electricity.
		Hydro Tasmania also has a 50 percent interest in Roaring 40s - a joint venture with CLP Power Asia Limited to pursue renewable energy developments in Australia and overseas.
	www.hydro.com.au (147 words)

	Bangor Hydro Electric Company - Career Opportunities
		Bangor Hydro is the second largest electric utility in Maine.
		It is and has been Bangor Hydro's policy to recruit, employ, and promote individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin.
		Bangor Hydro offers a comprehensive benefit package that is designed to be part of its employees´ total compensation and to meet employees' immediate and long-term needs.
	www.bhe.com /about/job_openings.cfm (314 words)

	Bangor Hydro-Electric Company - Company Profile - Computer Business Review
		Bangor Hydro is a utility company primarily engaged in the transmission and distribution of electric energy.
		Bangor Hydro is a public utility that owns approximately 550 miles of transmission lines and approximately 4,200 miles of distribution lines to serve its customers.
		The success of our regulated electric utilities is integral to the creation of shareholder value, providing substantial earnings and cash flow that support dividends and reinvestment.
	www.cbronline.com /companyprofile.asp?guid=50CCA9F0-387B-4630-A706-7A25222A3374 (1633 words)

	Bangor Hydro-Electric Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bangor Hydro-Electric Company (the Company) provides electric service to a population of 191,000 in an area encompassing approximately 5,275 square miles in eastern and east coastal Maine.
		It is the second largest electric utility in Maine.
		The Company is also working to implement a negotiated resolution of a high-cost power contract with a local trash-to-energy incinerator which will result in savings over the remaining life of the power contract having a net present value of $30-40 million (depending upon assumptions about future events and market conditions).
	www.advisorinsight.com /pub/indexes/600_mi/BGR_mi.htm (500 words)

	All About WaterWheel and Hydro-Electric Power
		The generators then spin the turbines backward, which causes the turbines to pump water from a river or lower reservoir to an upper reservoir, where the power is stored.
		It is an attractive alternative to diesel systems in rural and remote areas of developing countries as a means of achieving rural electrification.
		There is no doubt in our minds that Hydro Electric power is the most efficient power source out and about in the world today.
	www.expage.com /waterfeatures (343 words)

	Real Goods - Learn Everything about hydro turbines & accessories
		Multiply the head (total vertical drop) by the gpm available by the hydro efficiency (average times.18).
		The control algorithm was simple: if the frequency is too high, increase the binary output count to increase the load; if frequency is too low, decrease it.
		If there's lots of water power available and the alternator rpm changes relatively slowly, it seems better to send well-regulated 120/240VAC, with the shunt regulator inside the house, a lightning arrestor in series, but no batteries or inverters, and use the excess power for heating water, etc. Some water wheels are more controllable than others.
	www.solareco.com /articles/article.cfm?id=112 (507 words)

	Hydro-Electric (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Construction will begin in the fall of 1999 or in the spring of 2000 and be completed by the end of 2000.
		The Project is a 500 kW run of the river hydroelectric plant with a diversion structure, pipeline, powerhouse, and electric line.
		The electrical energy will be carried through 5500' long cables buried under the access road to the existing water treatment plant where it can be connected to the existing electrical system.
	www.avec.org /hydro2.html (410 words)

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