- published: 28 Sep 2008
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Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy, accounting for 16 percent of global electricity consumption, and 3,427 terawatt-hours of electricity production in 2010, which continues the rapid rate of increase experienced between 2003 and 2009.
Hydropower is produced in 150 countries, with the Asia-Pacific region generating 32 percent of global hydropower in 2010. China is the largest hydroelectricity producer, with 721 terawatt-hours of production in 2010, representing around 17 percent of domestic electricity use. There are now three hydroelectricity plants larger than 10 GW: the Three Gorges Dam in China, Itaipu Dam in Brazil, and Guri Dam in Venezuela.
The cost of hydroelectricity is relatively low, making it a competitive source of renewable electricity. The average cost of electricity from a hydro plant larger than 10 megawatts is 3 to 5 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour. Hydro is also a flexible source of electricity since plants can be ramped up and down very quickly to adapt to changing energy demands. However, damming interrupts the flow of rivers and can harm local ecosystems, and building large dams and reservoirs often involves displacing people and wildlife. Once a hydroelectric complex is constructed, the project produces no direct waste, and has a considerably lower output level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) than fossil fuel powered energy plants.
Float flushed, flowing like a river
Try to suffer this calamity
Drift swim, hover and decide
You requested my humanity
It's a complex state
Another dimension
Blind like a saint
To the other side
Couldn't be awaken
To a hurricane
Crush away
Feels like I could flat line
Devil fluorescence?s is all I remember
Succumb, I surrender to this
Here to eternity, not a reality
Only the cost of insanity
Bombastic vibe
I thrive on this disease
Liquify sub-zero freeze
Initiate to terminate
It's you that moves the hydro-electric
Guide me down
You dominate me
Invite the noose
And violate
Intoxicate hydro-electric
You, you, you dominate me
It's the ebb and flow
The total connection
A trickle of rain
Shrouding the dirt
Coring me
Waken to a hurricane
Watery grave
Cry Adriatic shelter
Broke reflection on the service of never
Repent here forever and back
Total viscosity into fluidity
Only impulsive meditate
Bombastic vibe
I thrive on this disease
Liquify sub-zero freeze
Initiate to terminate
It's you that moves the hydro-electric
Guide me down
You dominate me
Hydro-electric
Invite the noose
And violate
Intoxicate hydro-electric
You, you, you dominate me
Hydro-electric
Dominate me
Dominate me
I thrive on this disease
Liquify sub-zero freeze
Initiate to terminate
It's you that moves the hydro-electric
Guide me down
You dominate me
Hydro-electric
Invite the noose
And violate
Intoxicate hydro-electric
You, you, you dominate me
Hydro-electric
Dominate me
It's you that moves the hydro-electric
Hydro-electric
You dominate me
Dominate me
Hydro-electric
Dominate me
It's you that moves the hydro-electric
Hydro-electric
Dominate me