Hydropower dams are structures built across rivers to generate electricity using the power of flowing water.
Sentences with «hydropower dams»
«While the number of small hydropower dams in operation or planned for tributaries to the Nu River is unreported,» the authors note in this study, «our field surveys indicate that nearly one hundred small dams currently exist within Nujiang Prefecture alone.» (sciencedaily.com)
«There is a tsunami of hydropower dam constructions happening here and nobody really knows about it,» said Britton Caillouette, director of «Blue Heart», a documentary that focuses on efforts to halt the hydropower plans. (energypost.eu)
The researchers will contribute to that work this spring when they start to study the ecological effects of multiple small hydropower dams in southern Brazil. (sciencedaily.com)