hydroelectric power

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hydroelectric
adjective
uk
/ˌhaɪ.drəʊ.ɪˈlek.trɪk/us
/ˌhaɪ.droʊ.ɪˈlek.trɪk/
producing electricity by the force of fast moving water such as rivers ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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The benefits may include flood mitigation, improved navigation, and generation ofhydroelectricpower.
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The positive externalities could be in the form of flood mitigation, improved navigation, and generation ofhydroelectricpower.
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Thehydroelectricpowerin this country was nil.
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We have coal,hydroelectricpowerand other alternatives.
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Then the question was raised ofhydroelectricpowerdisplacing coal.
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It has to meet foreign coal, oil andhydroelectricpower.
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Another source ishydroelectricpower.
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Nohydroelectricpoweris generated.
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Hydroelectricpoweris also produced.
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Netting out these effects on the productivity ofhydroelectricpowergeneration suggests that conversion of pasture to forest would lead to large losses in power generation.
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Can we do more to participate in the development ofhydroelectricpower?
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There is a delusion thathydroelectricpoweris cheaper than steam power.
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There is an assumption that there is something miraculous and mysterious abouthydroelectricpower.
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The consumption of coal, oil, gas, electricity,hydroelectricpowerand atomic energy should be co-ordinated.
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We also know that this country has enormoushydroelectricpowerpotential.
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Those countries and companies that use a lot of nuclear orhydroelectricpowerare being favoured.
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Hydroelectricpowershould be supplemented by forms of energy other than waste incineration.
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This is valid not only forhydroelectricpowerstations but also tidal, solar and wind energy.
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We are just dealing with the usual problems of large-scalehydroelectricpowerstations.
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Hydroelectricpoweris another source of energy.
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A dam is used forhydroelectricpower.
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Its major export ishydroelectricpower.
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Each of these dams generatehydroelectricpower.
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Nohydroelectricpoweris generated here.
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Hydroelectricpowergeneration is of great importance.
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