The province of Quebec gets around 40 percent of its electricity from hydropower, which is clean and renewable power produced from the kinetic energy of falling water and running water. The government-owned public utility Hydro-Québec has been providing residents with clean energy since its founding in 1944 and currently operates sixty hydroelectric generating stations with a combined capacity of 35,829 megawatts (MW).
Hydro-electric power has some of the lowest greenhouse gas emissions of all renewable energy and is thus an environmentally sound energy source to combat climate change, reduce air pollution and increase energy security.
When I was walking around the Old Port of Montreal, I noticed a small-scale example of hydropower in action. Here are some photos:
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