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Water energy

Harnessing the energy from falling or running water, hydropower is a renewable and environmentally friendly source of electricity. Historically, watermills were utilized to drive various mechanical devices like mills and forges.

Water energy

Today, hydropower is usually processed into electricity

Also, it works directly, for example

water wheel

turbine

In Poland:

It's far only 1.5%

Countries like:

Brazil

Paraguay

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Norway

They are using more than 85% of its electricity from hydropower

Water energy

is power derived from the energy of falling water or running water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes

Before the invention of hydro electric machines commonly used to drive:

fullings
forges
mills

Since ancient times, hydropower from many kinds of watermills has been used as a renewable energy source for irrigation and the operation of various mechanical devices, such as:

ore mills
domestic lifts
dock cranes
trip hammers
textile mills
sawmills
gristmils

Environmentally friendly

Much cheaper than:
nuclear energy
fossil fuels