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DOE Allocates $30.6 Million to Hydroelectric Projects
November 05, 2009
by Renewable Energy World
This article relates to the miller textbook because the whole point of using these alternative energy sources is to limit the use of fossil fuels which are polluting or earth by depositing carbon emissions and several other harmful green house gases.
These hydroelectric projects are conducted all over the country but they are being produced in York, Pennsylvania.
Up to $30.6 million in economic stimulus funds will be used to finance seven hydroelectric projects nationwide. The additional funding means Voth Hydro, a manufacturer of hydroelectric turbines, will be able to retain 40 jobs at its manufacturing facility in York, Pa. They will also lower the carbon emissions that are being deposited into the atmosphere by being an alternate energy source to fossil fuels.
hydroelectric- pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
1 comment:
Hydroelectric will reduce carbon emmissions, but will have other problems instead.
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