ALTERNATIVE ENERGY HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY by Terry Catasús Jennings Content Consultant Nadipuram Prasad Associate Professor Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering New Mexico State University Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
CHAPTER ONE WHAT IS HYDROELECTRIC POWER It's a hot afternoon in California People are beginning to leave their offices for the day When they get home many of them will turn on their air conditioners Huge amounts of electricity will be needed At a nearby river workers at a hydroelectric plant spring into action A dam blocks the river forming an artificial lake called a reservoir Doors in the dam Hydroelectric plants turn the rushing motion of falling water into electricity
