Hydropower
Hydropower is extracted from a flow of water, and is used to generate electricty. Hydropower schemes can range from electricity generation from water gathered behind large dams, to small schemes of just a few kilowatts capacity from rivers or streams.
Hydropower already provides over 17% of the world’s electricity. Europe, with about 12 GW of hydropower, is the second largest generator of hydropower, just behind Asia . About 7% of Europe’s hydropower is generated by small schemes of 10MW or less. Italy, France, Germany, Spain and Sweden are currently leading countries for hyrdopower in Europe.
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