waterpower
Dam-generated electricity source
Waterpower is the energy derived from moving or falling water, used to drive machinery or generate electricity.
Before steam engines, watermills harnessed waterpower for grinding grain and running factories.
Today the term usually refers to hydroelectric generation: The dam provides waterpower to three states.
Electricity from moving water
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- penstockControlled water conduit
- powerhouseSource of great energy
dam · reservoir · megawatt · grid · transmission · run-of-the-river · headwater · tailwater
Building for grinding grain
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- millraceChannel driving water wheels
- millpondDammed water powering machinery
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
overshot · undershot · grinding · flour · grain · textile · fulling · forge
Large flowing watercourse
- streamSteady continuous flow
- currentDirected flow of charge
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- torrentViolent rushing flow
cascade · channel · tributary · watershed · discharge · volume · velocity · head
Large water storage basin
- spillwayDam's water release structure
- weirLow river barrier
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- floodgateWater-controlling barrier mechanism
impoundment · embankment · levee · sluice · retention · diversion · concrete · arch
Able to endure long-term
- cleanFree of soil
- greenColor of vegetation
- carbon-neutralNet-zero emissions state
- zero-emissionProducing no pollutants
alternative · ecofriendly · perpetual · regenerative · conservation · environmental · low-impact · climate
hydroelectricity
Electricity from moving water
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- penstockControlled water conduit
powerhouse · dam · reservoir · megawatt · grid · transmission · run-of-the-river · headwater · tailwater · flume
gristmill
Building for grinding grain
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- millraceChannel driving water wheels
- millpondDammed water powering machinery
paddle · overshot · undershot · grinding · flour · grain · textile · fulling · forge · hammer
river
Large flowing watercourse
torrent · cascade · channel · tributary · watershed · discharge · volume · velocity · head · drop
reservoir
Large water storage basin
floodgate · impoundment · embankment · levee · sluice · retention · diversion · concrete · arch · gravity
sustainable
Able to endure long-term
- cleanFree of soil
- greenColor of vegetation
- carbon-neutralNet-zero emissions state
zero-emission · alternative · ecofriendly · perpetual · regenerative · conservation · environmental · low-impact · climate · decarbonization
- energy sourcesoil, gas, coal, solar, wind
- mill townmill town, mill, mill workers, mill pond, mill race
- mill townsLowell, Lawrence, Manchester, Pawtucket, New Bedford
- Rhode IslandProvidence, Newport, Warwick, Bristol, Cranston
waterpowerwind power
Turbine-generated renewable electricity
solar power · nuclear power · geothermal power · coal power · steam power
waterpoweroil
Slippery viscous fluid
natural gas · petroleum · nuclear power · dirty energy · fossil fuels
power, water, powerful, empower, waterfall, waterproof, hydropower, waterwheel, millwheel