Hydroelectric dams are usually major infrastructure projects ... Meanwhile, a second motor acts as a generator, fitted with a fairly basic turbine. Hilariously, the first build fails spectacularly ...

When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall, it made headlines. On that September day, water surged ...

During a massive rainstorm, water must make it through the Catawba River System from Lake James in the mountains to Lake ...

The Three Gorges Dam—located on the Yangtze River in China—is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. Though there is discourse over whether the dam has negative ecological effects ...

For economic reasons, not every lake with a dam can support a hydroelectric power plant ... ladder-looking mechanism that allows the entire generator to be lowered into the flow of a moving ...

energy generator in Scotland behind onshore wind ... or pollution and so can help minimise global heating. Setting up hydro dams uses large amounts of concrete and this contributes to carbon ...

When the Three Gorges Dam - the largest hydroelectric dam in the world ... of the dam's 32 main turbines with the two smaller generators (50 MW each) that provide power to the plant itself ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) was built on the Blue Nile and is Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. Once completed, the dam aims to power millions of homes, increase economic growth ...

A dam could submerge them easily ... Overseeing and aiding micro-hydro generators require occasional maintenance from expert engineers. However, during the pandemic, the military, under orders ...