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What is hydroelectric energy and how does it work?

  • Written by Brian Tarroja, Associate Professional Researcher and Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine
imageThe Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe’ Dam provides enough electricity for about 147,000 homes in the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana.Martina Nolte via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAimage

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