How to Use hydropower in a Sentence

hydropower

noun
  • The fourth time, a bigger dam is built on their land to supply hydropower.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • But such major hydropower projects are largely a thing of the past.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Add a drought in the West that has dried up hydropower production.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Bosnia’s main sources of energy are hydropower and local coal.
    — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • According to Bain, a few things could be done to make up for a decrease in hydropower.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
  • This type of hydropower is not the answer to providing lots more storage.
    — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
  • With the global boom in hydropower, more and more dams are being built on land that was set aside for protection.
    — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The state gets most of its electricity from carbon-free hydropower, rather than coal.
    — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2018
  • So much rain and snow may boost hydropower — good news for California’s grid.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But more needs to be resolved for the river to remain a viable source of water and hydropower.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The money would compensate the tribe for the use of its lands for decades of hydropower production.
    — Becky Kramer, The Seattle Times, 24 Mar. 2018
  • At night, the water would run back down the cliffs through a tunnel, passing through a turbine to create hydropower.
    — Ryan Dube, WSJ, 20 June 2017
  • It is followed by wind, geothermal and hydropower as the largest sources of green energy.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Many rural and tribal power providers around the West rely on this hydropower.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
  • That’s partly a result of China’s crackdown, which cut off a source of cheap hydropower.
    — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • But even with close to a decade restoring the landscape, sediment still shows up in hydropower bays, Fecko said.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 29 May 2022
  • That’s the level below which water can no longer flow through the reservoir’s hydropower turbines.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
  • The hydropower plant didn't just impact the region's wildlife, but the livelihood of the people living around the lake, as well.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Among the sub-sectors, the hydropower, chicken, and pork sub-sectors were among the top performers overnight.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Even more, the loss of ice and snow in the mountains threatens agriculture and hydropower in the regions down below.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Critics say the benefits of hydropower are overstated — and outweighed by the harm dams can do.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The Vjosa is not the only river valley facing hydropower projects.
    — John Wendle, Scientific American, 29 June 2016
  • Six countries, led by Ethiopia, get most of their electricity from hydropower.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Bellefeuille, now 38, got a job as a painter, then shifted to hydropower maintenance.
    — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 9 June 2019
  • But the drought has reduced water levels in major reservoirs to such an extent that hydropower plants could be forced to shut down in a few months.
    — Richard M. Frank, CNN, 16 July 2021
  • The Himalayan area has a chain of hydropower projects on several rivers and their tributaries.
    — Time, 8 Feb. 2021
  • And grassroots efforts against hydropower dams and lithium mining have taken shape in the West.
    — Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Plus, the batteries can be recharged and power the ships while in port thanks to Norway’s robust hydropower grid.
    — Elissa Garay, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • Growth is going to come primarily from solar and wind, slightly from hydropower.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • California faces a loss of hydropower during droughts.
    — Julia Simon, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025

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