Water Power for a Clean Energy Future (Fact Sheet)
Water power technologies harness energy from rivers and oceans to generate electricity for the nation's homes and businesses, and can help the United States meet its pressing energy, environmental, and economic challenges. Water power technologies; fall into two broad categories: conventional hydropower and marine and hydrokinetic technologies. Conventional hydropower uses dams or impoundments to store river water in a reservoir. Marine and hydrokinetic technologies capture energy from waves, tides, ocean currents, free-flowing rivers, streams, and ocean thermal gradients.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 984669
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/GO-102010-3066; TRN: US201016%%1557
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Wind And Water Power Program (WWPP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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