Second Biggest Hydroelectric Power Plant

The Itaipu hydroelectric power plant fits into the fairly conventional model most of us have come to associate with hydro energy. Once the largest such generator in the world it uses the massive gravitational forces of thee fast-flowing water to turn turbines which generate electricity from the kinetic energy of the drop.

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