Abstract
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 tostore river water in a reservoir. Marine and hydrokinetic technologies capture energy from waves, tides, ocean currents, free-flowing rivers, streams, and ocean thermal gradients.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Superceded by June 2011 version. This link will redirect you to: NREL/FS-6A40-51315; DOE/GO-102011-3287.NREL Publication Number
- NREL/FS-6A4-48104
Other Report Number
- DOE/GO-102010-3066
Keywords
- water power
- water technologies
