Hydropower is one of the front-runners among renewable energies.
For centuries
hydropower has played an important role for mankind, and it will further assert itself
in future. Many facts support the use of water as an energy resource:
Hydropower is economical
-
Low operating costs
- Extremely
long lifetime of machinery
- High
operational reliability
- Low
maintenance
- Time-proven
technology
Hydropower users are free
Hydropower is environmentally friendly