Colorado Reader January 2020: Fueling your life (Electricity) | Page 4

turbine
Hydropower
Hydropower is one of the oldest ways to generate
energy. Power is created when water flows through
a pipe, then pushes against blades that turn in a
turbine to spin a generator to produce electricity.
Today, about half of the renewable energy we use
comes from hydropower.
Help the water through the dam!
The hydro plant needs water to turn the turbine that
creates electricity! Help the water get through the
maze to the turbine.
4 - Colorado Agriculture in the Classroom
Randy says:
A turbine can weigh as much
as 172 tons and turn at a rate
of 90 revolutions per minute
to make electricity. ZOWIE!