hydroenergy Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 01 Aug 2015 21:23:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 German Renewable Energy Provides 78% Power for Afternoon https://www.greenoptimistic.com/german-renewable-energy-afternoon/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/german-renewable-energy-afternoon/#respond Sat, 01 Aug 2015 21:23:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56081 Germany broke their own record for renewable energy at the end of July, providing for 78% of their energy needs on the 25th and generating 40.65 GW with just solar and wind. They had previously managed to get 74% of their energy needs from renewables. Biomass and hydropower also helped, bringing the total energy generated […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/german-renewable-energy-afternoon/feed/ 0 56081 Hydrokinetic Power Does Not Affect Fish Populations https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrokinetic-power-does-not-affect-fish-populations-20100112/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrokinetic-power-does-not-affect-fish-populations-20100112/#respond Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:11:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6176 We all need electricity for powering different stuff in our home, to make our lives more pleasant. But if the electricity is produced using green sources it's even better. One of the most used types of energy up to now was hydropower, but this one involves the construction of dams, weirs or other structures that could affect fish.

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