How to Use hydroelectric in a Sentence

hydroelectric

adjective
  • One of four hydroelectric dams has been torn down, and three other dams are set to be dismantled next year.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • About 150 tons of oil have been released this week from the hydroelectric plant.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 9 June 2023
  • Jemmy is in the hydroelectric dam where his mother and Rob work.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • That has been a boon for Iceland’s hydroelectric dams powered by glacial rivers.
    — Egill Bjarnason, ajc, 23 Sep. 2021
  • One third grade student is all in on hydroelectric power and has been working with his dad on designs.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2024
  • Tubes that run water out of the lake and into two hydroelectric turbines could soon be above the water.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The site is planned to be flooded in a few short years with the construction of a hydroelectric power plant.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The increase is mostly due to a decrease in the use of hydroelectric power.
    — Erin Rode, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2020
  • That’s because the city has a really clean grid thanks to nearby hydroelectric plants.
    — Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2018
  • For instance, hydroelectric power has dropped because of the drought.
    — Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2023
  • For decades, the county-run utility relied on a cheap and steady mix of coal and hydroelectric power.
    — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But in recent years, drought conditions have pushed down the amount of hydroelectric power produced in the state.
    — Nadja Popovich, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The glaciers in the Alps provide vital water and meet the hydroelectric needs of the region and play a key role in tourism.
    — Kayla Epstein, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • This is the standard most major hydroelectric projects in the United States have to meet.
    — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • That’s why so much of the world’s cryptocurrency mining is tied to low-cost coal and hydroelectric plants in Asia.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Xcel used this water to produce hydroelectric power and then returned all the water to the river.
    — Bill Ritter Jr., The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
  • His father worked as a wheelwright until rubber tires killed the trade, then built wooden molds to cast concrete for hydroelectric projects.
    — Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The country’s mighty rivers and abundant rains mean most of its electricity comes from clean hydroelectric power.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
  • More recently the nuns joined locals and protested a hydroelectric dam in Brazil and a mine in Guatemala.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2017
  • More than 200 were feared killed in February after flash floods swept away a hydroelectric dam.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The reservoir and three others on the river are being drained with the removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2024
  • If the lake gets to an elevation of 950 feet, the dam will no longer be able to produce hydroelectric power.
    — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Over the years, as the area developed, the mill harnessed the force of the river to run a corn and flour mill, and later a hydroelectric power station.
    — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This one started with the Russians blasting a hole in a critical hydroelectric dam in the southern part of the country.
    — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 4 July 2023
  • In the coming year, the reservoir could decline to a point where water can no longer pass through intakes to generate hydroelectric power.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
  • Even in a war that has razed entire cities, the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine stands out.
    — Dmitriy Khavin, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • There's steady power—the stuff of hydroelectric dams and the Budweiser Clydesdales.
    — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
  • Its rivers irrigate more than 90% of the country's crops and generate most of its hydroelectric power.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 June 2026
  • The share of hydroelectric power shrank by around half from 33% to 17% as Sichuan and Yunnan went off line.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Renewable and clean energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric present fewer concerns.
    — Neil Strebig, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Mar. 2026

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