Hydro energy
BY:hilldan and helal
facts
Hydro energy is electrical energy generated when flowing water from rivers, steams or waterfalls is channelled through water turbines. The pressure of the water makes the turbine blades turn. When the turbine blades turns it turns an electrical generator, when the generator turns it makes electric.
Hydro station
The water is going throught a powerstation to make the powerstation turn.
how an hydro station work
The water goes through a damn and into a hydropower, the pressure of the water makes the turbine turn and when the turbine turns the generator turns and makes electrical energy.
dam
it is a dam for the water to go through a power station and makes electrical energy
more info
World wide, Hydropower plants produce about 24 percent of the worlds electricity and supply more than i billion peoples power. More than 2,000 power plants operating in the united states, which makes Hydropower the countrys largest renewable energy.
Lake Carnegie
Place: 14 mile creek
population: 22,262,501
Land area: 7,741,220
Capital: canberra
Lake carnegie covers an area about 570,000
lake carnegie
This were lake carnegie is on a map
hydrostation in lake carnegie
Australias hydro energy
Australia is a very dry contenent, with over 80 percent of its landmass and recieving low rainfall of less 600mm per year. Australia has more than 100 hydroelectric power stations and installs 7800 megawotts. They are mostly in New South Wales (55 percent), The snowy Mountains hydro electric has capacity of 3800 megawotts it is the hardest hydroelectric schemes in the world.