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"China is the largest hydroelectricity producer, with 721 terawatt-hours of production in 2010, representing around 17 percent of domestic electricity use. Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Austria, Switzerland, Venezuela and several other countries have a majority of the internal electric energy production from hydroelectric power."

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" According to the report of International Hydropower Association, China is the largest hydroelectricity producer, with 1340 terawatt-hours of production in 2021, representing around 16 percent of domestic electricity use. Brazil, Canada, United States, Russia, India, Norway, Japan, Sweden and France are the top producers of hyderoelectricty in the world.^[1] Several other countries such as, Paraguay, Tajikistan, Nepal, Albania, Zambia, Mozambique, Costa Rica and Iceland have a majority of the internal electric energy production from hydroelectric power.^[2]" Shan0388 (talk) 21:36, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The sources you provide are self-published, as Ghosh appears to be running that website without editorial oversight. Self-published sources are usually not considered reliable per WP:SPS. Actualcpscm (talk) 14:46, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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^ Ghosh, Santunu (2023-04-20). "Hydropower: The Renewable Energy Source That Flows - Renewables Today". Retrieved 2023-04-21.
^ Ghosh, Santunu (2023-04-20). "Hydropower: The Renewable Energy Source That Flows - Renewables Today". Retrieved 2023-04-21.

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The link in the second paragraph to the old power station in this sentence: 'The "old Schoelkopf Power Station No. 1", US, near Niagara Falls, began to produce electricity in 1881.' currently directs to the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses_Niagara_Power_Plant#Origins.

There is a more appropriate link available, to an article about the specific power station mentioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoellkopf_Power_Station. Nev09 (talk) 00:10, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Liu1126 (talk) 00:37, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

True or false Wind is called hydroelectricity

Is it true electric energy produced by the energy of the wind is called hydroelectricity — Preceding unsigned comment added by 36.252.230.225 (talk) 11:43, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Ghosh, Santunu (2023-04-20). "Hydropower: The Renewable Energy Source That Flows - Renewables Today". Retrieved 2023-04-21.

[2] Ghosh, Santunu (2023-04-20). "Hydropower: The Renewable Energy Source That Flows - Renewables Today". Retrieved 2023-04-21.

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