Sentences with phrase «spilled over the dams»

Late - model wind turbines are better able to control their output by changing the pitch of their blades and «spilling» wind (i.e., letting the wind blow past without extracting its energy, like water spilling over a dam).

BPA curtails hydropower generation as far as it can, but is constrained by regulations limiting how much water can be spilled over the dams.

Not exact matches

We've built dams and diverted water, and we've tamed the periodic floods that once spilled over riverbanks to sprout new generations of willows and cottonwoods.

Some fish spill harmlessly over the top, while others pass through pipes or other structures designed to route fish around the dam or steer them clear of the energy - producing turbines.

During that same span, every dam on Earth would silt up and spill over.

Entering the room from the extensive library, the Lotus Room is fully ensuite and spills onto the open indoor / outdoor balcony that has the most extensive views of the property and the valley itslef — over the lilly strewn dam and on up to South Brother.

Some of these storage ponds have actually broken through their earthen dams, most recently demonstrated by the disastrous 2008 spill at the Tenessee Valley Authority's Kingston facility, which sent over a billion gallons of coal slurry into the community and river system below.

Engineers began working on repairs Monday to the damaged concrete chute that helps to keep Northern California's Oroville Dam from spilling over.

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