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How does moving water create electricity

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Using kenetic energy

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In order to generate electricity from the kinetic energy in moving water, the water has to move with sufficient speed and volume to spin a propeller-like device called a turbine, which in turn rotates a generator to generate electricity. ... An opening in the dam uses gravity to drop water down a pipe called a penstock.

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