Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Electricity generated by means of water-power or steam.
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Successful grads include NanoRidge Materials, which makes carbon nanotubes to make metal alloys 10 times stronger than steel; Hydro Green Energy, which produces hydro-electricity using the energy generated not by a damn but by the natural flow of a river of stream.
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Successful grads include NanoRidge Materials, which makes carbon nanotubes to make metal alloys 10 times stronger than steel; Hydro Green Energy, which produces hydro-electricity using the energy generated not by a damn but by the natural flow of a river of stream.
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Physical destruction of habitat is chiefly a result of the development of infrastructure, including the construction of artillery ranges, buildings, hydro-electricity facilities, pipelines, roads, etc.
Climate change and reindeer nomadism in Finnmark, Norway 2010
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-- Some 61% of Canada's electricity is generated from clean hydro-electricity sources compared with 5.7% in the US.
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They illustrated that local and regional innovations, such as promotion of wind, solar and hydro-electricity investments, hold the key to immediate CO2 reductions.
Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin: In Europe "Think Globally and Act Locally" Is More Than Just a Slogan for Saving the Planet Jim Schumacher 2010
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They illustrated that local and regional innovations, such as promotion of wind, solar and hydro-electricity investments, hold the key to immediate CO2 reductions.
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Scottish and Southern Energy, the UK's largest hydro-electricity producer, would not comment directly on Scottish Water's entry into the energy market.
Alex Salmond unveils plan to turn Scotland into 'world's first hydro-economy' 2010
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I don't worry too much about the hydro-electricity (try and carry it, Hah!).
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Every single mechanical machine we have created requires fuel or energy to function, like oil, gas, hydro-electricity, nuclear energy, solar energy, etc.
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As water flows downward from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea it will produce enough hydro-electricity to power the desalination plants that are to be built near the Dead Sea.
Karin Kloosterman: Killing the Dead Sea Twice Is Good for Politicians, Not the Environment 2008
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