https://planetsave.com/articles/hydropower-energy-facts-hydroelectric-power-facts/ Science, Animals, Planet Earth, & More Fri, 13 May 2016 18:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://planetsave.com/articles/hydropower-energy-facts-hydroelectric-power-facts/#comment-24765 Fri, 13 May 2016 18:30:00 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=45058#comment-24765 Missing here is mention of small-scale hydro. Why not divert some water in a stream to a pipe with head enough to drop into a pelton-wheel generator (or some such) and then return the water to the stream? Why create huge dams that ruin ecosystems when lots of small streams might be supplying local power?

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