EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Hydroelectric energy, also called hydroelectric power or hydroelectricity, is a form of energy that harnesses the power of water in motion-such as water flowing over a waterfall-to generate electricity. People have used this force for millennia.

Detailed explanation-2: -As the water flows down through the dam its kinetic energy is used to turn a turbine. The generator converts the turbine’s mechanical energy into electricity.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a turbine generator, a moving fluid-water, steam, combustion gases, or air-pushes a series of blades mounted on a rotor shaft. The force of the fluid on the blades spins/rotates the rotor shaft of a generator. The generator, in turn, converts the mechanical (kinetic) energy of the rotor to electrical energy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hydroelectric energy is power made by moving water.