Essays Tagged: "Hydroelectricity"

Sweden

table. It can be found at the thousands of running rivers that engulf the country. This resource is hydroelectricity. By utilizing the rivers that flow from the towering mountain tops the Swedish have ...

(2 pages) 108 0 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Industrial Heartland--Megalopolis

ost important factor for industries. Every industryneeds power, energy. Some sources of energy are: Hydroelectricity, Thermal electric, natural gas,and coal.Hydroelectricity is a good choice for energ ...

(3 pages) 49 0 3.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Effects of Dam Building

ms also supply awater supply, or an improved habitat for fish and wildlife; they may storewater for hydroelectricity as well.2A diversion dam is a generation of a commonly constructed dam which isbuil ... ms also supply awater supply, or an improved habitat for fish and wildlife; they may storewater for hydroelectricity as well.2A diversion dam is a generation of a commonly constructed dam which isbuil ...

(6 pages) 102 0 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Economic Prosperity and decline in Canada.

da because of the americaninvestment in Canada soared, from large demands for wheat, pulp and paper,hydroelectricity and mining, newsprint,nickels and aluminum.In 1928, American and Canadian products ... demands from recoveringEuropeans economies. Around the same time, industries such as pulp andpaper,hydroelectricity and mining were developed and expanded as the demand fortheir products grew in the ...

(2 pages) 59 0 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

Alternative Energy.

(2 pages) 170 0 3.8 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Travel Brochure on Africa - Great info on many things, with beautiful pictures

almost 2,700 miles, the Congo crosses the equator twice over. This river would be a great source of hydroelectricity, for every second, nearly 10 million gallons of water flow through it.You will raft ...

(5 pages) 91 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Assess the sustainability of China's energy usage using examples...

le in its energy usage.Not all of China's energy came from coal; the rest was produced from oil and hydroelectricity. By 1995 it ranked 2nd in the world for generated electricity with 12 power grids, ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Great Depression: Effects and Solutions

ost businesses due to the lack of demand. Because new forms of energy were introduced (natural gas, hydroelectricity, and oil), the coal industry saw their profits drop. One important indication is th ...

(4 pages) 292 1 4.6 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > The Great Depression

Alternative Energy

(2 pages) 87 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Environmental Impacts

(3 pages) 55 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Hydoelectric energy

(1 pages) 27 1 1.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Environmental Impacts on Hydro power

.Geoffrey P. Sims, "Hydroelectric Energy", Energy Policy, October 1991.Eric M. Wilson, "Small-scale Hydroelectricity", Energy Policy, October 1991.Peter Kakela, Gary Chilson & William Patric, "Low ...

(4 pages) 33 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Essay outlining a case of support for the Three Gorges Dam project in China. Writing uses support and reactions to the PBS documentary on the 3 Gorges Dam.

it shouldn't. I think that the dam should be built.First of all, The Three Gorges Dam will provide hydroelectricity. Hydroelectricity is a clean and renewable power source. It doesn't pollute the env ...

(4 pages) 26 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Hydroelectric Power

(2 pages) 35 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Hydroelectricity: why not?

(2 pages) 11 0 2.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Renewable Energy (Solar and Hydro) Research Assignment

using fossil fuels. You can create just enough solar electricity to power your house or just enough hydroelectricity to power a small community. Solar energy depends upon the heat and light energy of ... put a battery in place but this is not that common because it is easier to connect to the grid.HydroHydroelectricity is a particularly important source of energy, especially in mountainous areas and d ...

(10 pages) 143 0 3.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Hydropower

Hydroelectricity is a type of hydropower that releases energy and in result of the water pouring due ... from precipitation.Water has been used as a supply of power ever since the age of the Roman Empire. Hydroelectricity was originally used in the 16th century. Similar to solar and wind power, hydroelec ... s the first examples of alternating-current electric power generation for commercial stock.A normal hydroelectricity scheme contains of a dam where the water is grounded. Then the electricity is in de ...

(1 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

History Of Water Wheel

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 Mar/2012

Subjects: Science Essays