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	Hydro-electric Power [Definition]
		Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is a form of hydropowerHydropower (or waterpower) harnesses the energy of moving or falling water.
		Hydroelectric power is generated at damsA dam (a common Teutonic word, compare to Dutch dam, Swedish and German damm, and the Gothic verb faurdammjan, to block up) is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment.
		Hydroelectricity is a renewable energyRenewable energy (sources) or RES includes all sources of energy that are captured from on-going natural processes, such as solar power, wind power, water flow in streams (hydro power), biomass, biodiesel and geothermal heat flows.
	www.wikimirror.com /Hydro-electric_power

	"Global Power: The Electric Hypergrid" from New Scientist Magazine
		The world's ten largest power stations are all hydroelectric plants, and most of them are far from their markets.
		Power from Quebec's hydroelectric plants around James Bay, with a combined capacity of 15,000 megawatts, is brought south on five high-energy power lines into the northeastern U.S. The link provides a tenth of New York City's power.
		Power lines already straddle the river, linking the site of the Nam Ngum dam, near Vientiane, to the Thai border, and construction began this year on another, much larger "export dam" in Laos on the Nam Theun river, a tributary of the Mekong.
	members.cox.net /mppowers1/hypergrid.htm

	Economy of Iceland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abundant hydroelectric and geothermal power sources are gradually being harnessed, and in 1991 80% of the population enjoyed geothermal heating.
		Historically, investors tended to be reticent to hold Icelandic bonds due to the persistence of high inflation and the volatility of the Icelandic Króna.
		Þjóðvegur 1 lies through most of the main urban centers in Iceland, but there are also many smaller roads to smaller towns and villages, including some mountain roads in the Icelandic Highlands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_Iceland

	MSN Encarta - Search View - North Dakota
		Judicial power in the state lies with a supreme court of five members, each elected for a ten-year term, seven district courts whose 25 judges are elected for six-year terms, county magistrates, and numerous county justices and police magistrates.
		Executive power in the state is vested in the office of governor who is elected for a four-year term.
		The voters have the power of initiative—that is, they can propose constitutional changes through petition and a subsequent vote at the polls.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761574738__1/North_Dakota.html

	Benefit Of Hydroelectric Power
		Allowing the project to benefit from the 4 sale of hydroelectric power in the basin.2 The purpose of the law was to modernize and improve the irrigation facilities in the District and to promote...
		Hydroelectric power provides electricity but without producing carbon dioxide and other emissions that harm our atmosphere, as happens...
		In the 21st century, an ambitious expansion of the River's hydroelectric capacity will continue to benefit the newsprint mill at Grand Falls-Windsor, while supplying excess power to other...
	www.renewablepowers.com /hydro/benefitofhydroelectricpower

	The hydrogen economy blasts off (July 2002) - Physics World - PhysicsWeb
		A major part of the DOE proposals is the use of hydrogen fuel cells in distributed generation and the move away from massive centralized power stations to much more localized generation.
		The Icelandic government is now backing an ambitious programme to remove all fossil-fuel requirements from Icelandic society within a generation.
		A demonstration project for a fuel-cell-powered ocean vessel is planned for 2006, with the intention of replacing the entire national fishing fleet beginning in 2015.
	physicsweb.org /articles/world/15/7/10/1

	Hydro
		Phoenix Power Control, Inc. - Designs and supplies electrical and control equipment for hydroelectric stations, offering standardized designs for typical plant requirements, and specialized designs for large plants and unique site conditions.
		Farab - Turnkey contractor of hydroelectric power plants and equipment supplier established in 1992 as an affiliate to the Islamic Republic of Iran's Ministry of Energy.
		Karkheh Storage Dam and Hydro Power Plant - Description of the construction of this hydroelectric facility located on the Karkheh River in Iran.
	www.topiasearch.com /Business/EnergyandEnvironment/Renewable/Hydro

	TIME Europe Magazine: The Price of Wealth -- Aug. 16, 2004
		The men are working on the Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Project: a vast network of dams, reservoirs, tunnels, power stations and high-tension lines to support a new aluminum-smelting plant for the U.S. multinational Alcoa on a fjord some 70 km to the east.
		The whole enterprise, says Arnalds, is "not only to create jobs locally, but to create national wealth." Iceland has an abundance of hydroelectric power, so the government is encouraging energy-hungry industries to settle here.
		But Sigurdur Arnalds, spokesman for Landsvirkjun, the national power company, which is developing the Kárahnjúkar project, downplays the environmental impact, saying the scheme — which is supported by the national government, local authorities and a significant majority of the general public — will create about a thousand jobs in the sparsely populated east.
	time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901040816-678570,00.html

	Scandinavian Review: Iceland's power game
		Certainly there is huge potential for using hydrogen as a way of carrying power from remote sources of renewable energy, such as Arctic rivers, to where the demand is greatest.
		The new power source will be made by splitting water molecules using the island's abundant hydropower.
		Within 20 years, Iceland aims to be the first country in the world to cut its links with fossil fuels and create a "hydrogen economy" based on its most abundant resource: water.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3760/is_199910/ai_n8868142

	Iceland HQ : Iceland Volcano
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		Whilst every care is taken in the maintenance of this site, Iceland HQ does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the content available on this Website.
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	River News international 2003
		Iceland's largest-ever industrial project by the national power company Landsvirkjun is a saga of superlatives, hailed by ministers and local politicians.
		WWF is urging the Icelandic government to designate a new national park and 2 Ramsar sites, wetlands of international importance, to protect the area of the Eastern Icelandic highlands unaffected by the dam.
		Organisations such as the Icelandic Nature Conservation Association say the reservoir would disturb the area's reindeer, freshwater fish and harbour seal population and ruin approximately 500 nesting spots of the pink-footed goose.
	www.rivernet.org /prs03_04.htm

	Swedenvironment No 4/2000
		the old, large hydroelectric power stations are not included even though hydropower is renewable and can get a certificate.
		At present, the Swedish subsidy for small-scale hydroelectric power and wind-power amounts to 9 öre (ca.0.017 Euro) per kilowatt-hour produced.
		In their pronouncement to the Court, the Commission stated that national regulations were not within the competence of a member state; the legislative power had been transferred to the Community.
	www.swedenvironment.naturvardsverket.se /no0004/0004.html

	Science News - Energy
		EPA postpones new smog rules on coal-burning power plants...
		Power plant on a chip- It's no small matter to Lehigh scientists
		Wind power 'will not be competitive until 2005'
	hiqnews.megafoundation.org /Science_News_Energy.html

	Green Pages - Index 9.7 : Geothermal Power Generation - Turbine Generators, Ancillaries, Heat Pumps, Well Testing, Deep Drilling
		Southern States Power Company, Inc. (SSPC) United States
		Green Pages - Index 9.7 : Geothermal Power Generation - Turbine Generators, Ancillaries, Heat Pumps, Well Testing, Deep Drilling
		Toshiba Corp., Industrial and Power Systems & Services Company Japan
	www.eco-web.com /index/category/9.7.html

	Encyclopedia of the Arctic
		Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant; Charcot, Jean-Baptiste; Chukchi-Kamchadal languages; Ivanov, Sergei Vasil'evich; Levin, Maxim; Menovshchikov, Giorgyi; Okladnikov, Alexei; Vdovin, Innokentiy Stepanovich
		Churches in Iceland and the Scandinavian Arctic, establishment of
		Abisko Research Station, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Abisko, Sweden
	www.routledge-ny.com /ref/arctic/contributors.html

	Terrain - X : adventure jeep tours in Iceland - Þingvellir, Gullfoss and Geysir region
		Þingvellir park • Hydroelectric- and geothermal power stations • crater Kerið • Gullfoss waterfall • Geysir hotspring • Skálholt church
		A tour of nature and natural energy visiting waterfalls, geysers and powerplants driven by natural energy the Icelandic way.
		The infamous and majestic waterfall Gullfoss is one of the most powerful waterfalls around and close by is the Geysir geothermal area one of the most active geothermal areas in the country with spewing geysers and bubbling mud pots and geothermal waters of many colours.
	www.terrain-x.com /tour_60.php

	Icelandic hydroelectric power stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While geothermal energy is used for heating (and increasingly for electricity generation), the hydroelectric power stations, historically all run by Landsvirkjun, are central to the existence of Iceland as an industrialized country.
		The largest power station by far is Kárahnjúkavirkjun (690 MW), which is being built in the area north of Vatnajökull to generate electricity for a new factory for the production of aluminium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Icelandic_hydroelectric_power_stations (165 words)

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