Energy: Hydro

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Hydro Power is the conversion of the energy in moving water to electrical or mechanical energy using a turbine or waterwheel.

From backyard, single resident systems made from recycled car parts, to grand scale projects such as those on the Colorado river in the western United States, people are harnessing the energy of water moving down a gradient.