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And the power industry says that running hydropower turbines on the Willamette dams, unlike the moneymaking hydroelectric dams on the larger Columbia and Snake rivers in the Northwest, doesn’t make financial sense.
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2025
View 1 Images China has approved what is set to become the biggest hydropower dam complex in the world, capable of producing nearly three times as much power as the current record-holder, the Three Gorges Dam.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
China has approved the construction of a hydropower dam in Tibet that is set to be the largest of its kind in the world once complete.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Hundreds have come to a triangle of counties tied together by hydropower dams along the Columbia River.
—Jovelle Tamayo, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2025
View 1 Images China has approved what is set to become the biggest hydropower dam complex in the world, capable of producing nearly three times as much power as the current record-holder, the Three Gorges Dam.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
China has approved the construction of a hydropower dam in Tibet that is set to be the largest of its kind in the world once complete.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Hundreds have come to a triangle of counties tied together by hydropower dams along the Columbia River.
—Jovelle Tamayo, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Hydropower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydropower. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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hydropower
noun
hy·dro·pow·er
ˈhī-drə-ˌpau̇(-ə)r 
: hydroelectric power
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