Hydropower is the most widely used renewable energy source. Over 11,000 hydropower plants spread across more than 160 countries have the collective ability to generate 936 GW of electricity. This electricity is delivered to homes, farms and businesses across the globe, where it is used to run anything that requires electricity be it light, computers, appliances, electric motors, or to power pumps which will irrigate fields with some of the same water that helped produce it (World Energy Council, 2015).
Canada has a hydropotential of 163 GW and has a total installed hydropower capacity of 75 104 MW. Across Canada there are 475 hydroelectric plants which generate every year and average of 350 terawatt-hours, an amount of energy which can heat and power 14,000,000 houses (World Energy Council, 2015).
Canada has a hydropotential of 163 GW and has a total installed hydropower capacity of 75 104 MW. Across Canada there are 475 hydroelectric plants which generate every year and average of 350 terawatt-hours, an amount of energy which can heat and power 14,000,000 houses (World Energy Council, 2015).