After a very long day of school, Dhilan was wondering where the smoke kept coming from that he had seen in the classrooms during the long school day.

Where is all that smoke coming from?

Wondering if Dhilan knew about the energy generating processes, Mark explained to Dhilan where the smoke could be coming from.

Well Dhilan, in our small town called Dallas, we use a lot of non renewable energy sources like coal that create a lot of carbon emissions when we mine the resources and use factories to generate electricity for things like your big house and cell phone!

Well, this smoke needs to stop! Why does they use non renewable energy sources if they are going to run out and the coal emits carbon emissions?

Get this, they are trying to stop creating issues with non renewable energy sources with this new thing called renewable energy sources like hydroelectricity!

Whats that?

Lets dive down under the sea and see some background information about this "hydro" energy!

While one of the French engineers named Benoit Fourneyron in 1827 started finding important discoveries for the Hydroelectricity dams and generators that were capable of generating around 6 horsepower of energy, during the year 1849, a man named Lester Allan Pelton that was British and American had created the modern-day version of the water turbine that was called the “Francis Turbine” which is actually still used in the 21st century! Things have changed however, different creations have been used to generate more electricity or even possibly doing a better job protecting the environment. Even though hydro electricity turbines and such were not created to actually harness real electricity to be used in things like homes and buildings until about a couple of decades ago, it was actually known that the Chinese during the Han Dynasty in the the first couple of AD years had created a mechanism that helped use water to help with grain and sometimes iron ore.

Well now that you know how people took water from rivers and created Dams in the earlier times, going into the future we have actually seen around the entire globe that Hydropower energy is the number renewable energy source being used that is really clean and seems to be growing to bigger amounts in the future since people are created technology to ensure that the pros completely out weight the cons!

The process of the hydroelectricity energy is that water from a river is turned into a giant dam that generates a constantly recharging system since it is a renewable energy source everywhere but more specifically in the reservoir location, they take the water in the dam location and turn it through a turbine which turns blade that takes the kinetic energy of the falling water through the system that turns it into mechanical energy that is eventually processed into electrical energy that can be used to generate a possible amount of over 100 houses!

Some other beneficial things to have is a giant amount of workers, a businesses or even a government watching over the animals and processes of creating energy.

Well thanks for telling me its entire life story and processes, what are the pros and cons that you were sort of talking about?

Hydro power energy is fueled by water which makes it a clean fuel source which in turn can allow for it to have hazardous pollution gases that harm the air like dangerous power plants that burn fossil fuels like coal or natural gas that are non renewable, second, the energy generated through hydropower relies on the water cycle, which is driven by the sun, making it a renewable power source which can develop a more reliable and affordable source than fossil fuels that are rapidly being depleted.

PROS OF ENERGY

The third benefit of Hydroelectric power is that it is usually a domestic source of energy, allowing each state to produce their own energy without being reliant on international fuel sources even one dam can generate over a 100 million homes for over a day, but finally the last benefit is that may be a commercial or substantial energy source, hydro power efforts also produce a number of benefits, such as flood control, irrigation, and water supply. The production of this energy allows for a large amount of energy to be produced with minimal amount of environmental impacts since it is a renewable energy source that has little to no greenhouse or gas emissions.

Well I know it was not all picture perfect so what exactly are the bad parts about it?

While it may seem perfect at first, hydro power energy has its issues as well.

Hydropower is non-polluting but does have environmental impacts. Hydropower facilities can affect land use, homes, and natural habitats in the dam area. Reservoirs may cover people’s homes, important natural areas, agricultural land. The construction of surface reservoirs has also decreased considerably in recent years. Building a dam and reservoir to allow for hydroelectric power takes a lot of money, time, and construction, and most of the suitable spots to insert hydro plants have already been taken. Lastly, Hydroelectricity depends on precipitation levels, which can fluctuate from year to year, causing instability. This forces communities to not rely on Hydropower and consume fossil fuels. While hydro electricity may have some benefits, some of the minor conflicts can create huge bio diversity issues for humans and animals making the large purchase of building one deemed useless.

NEGATIVE ISSUES!