How a dam generates electricity

Have you ever seen a dam in real life? Those huge structures are not only vital for our water needs in dry seasons but are also quite helpful in providing extra energy.

By repurposing rivers and lakes, they reimagine vast ecosystems. They supply millions of homes around the globe with electricity, but how do these structures provide an alternative power source to humanity?
The short answer is by generating electricity from water. Acquiring dam power is simple in principle. Using the water’s kinetic energy and converting it into electricity is not something new and people have been benefiting from it since the first civilizations. They do this by using gravity to their advantage.

However, producing the amount of energy in today’s scale is not an easy task for sure. It is easier said than done. Therefore, it takes quite a number of professionals and engineers to build an electric generating dam. Thanks to the high efficiency of this conversion, hydroelectric dams are still one of the most convenient and preferred ways for alternative energy sources. Composing of four different parts, these magnificent engineering wonders have been providing us with energy while also helping the environment.
Dam energy has been used for quite a while, and the reason is clear.

If you also find these structures interesting and want to know more about how they function, we highly recommend you watch this video. You will be surprised how much you can learn about how dams are capable of converting the water-energy into electricity.

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[Interestingengineeringofficial]

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[EphemeralProductions]

I’m glad they have videos like this out there. Many people just take electricity for granted and don’t know (or sometimes even care) where it comes from and how it’s generated. This informs them of all that. :). I have known all this info for a very long time but it’s nice seeing it spread to the public.

[Anonymous-refd]

I kinda wish there would've been an explanation about how the generator works. great video nevertheless!

[s.r.clinkz]

Whenever the Narrator says Dams it has emotion in it

[howardlitson]

Around environment of dam can green vegetation. It's very beautiful.

[zraffens]

This channel will certainly blow up in a few months.

[edwardjnarrojr]

Incredible opportunities in using the ocean in unique ways to provide electric energy while also sending seawater to desalination plants near coastal plants

[schange]

This a great green energy source, but when the dams were built, in many places that it was constructed.
The designers and federal and state officials, never took to account the environmental impact at those tines.

[soultrex]

1 Hydroelectric dam produces more electricity than 10, 000 windmills. Windmills produce at 50% meanwhile a dam produces 95%. It's the cleanest form of energy we have

[bimbocatherine]

The best explanation so far on electricity generation.

[redraymondreddington]

If this was how Physics and Mathematics was thought to me in High School, I couldn't be struggling NOW to get my Bachelor in Electrical Engineering at 30 years old.

[frankransainiofficial]

Am from Zambia and we are experiencing load shedding, 12hrs per day, we had droubts, after seeing this video, I understand 👌🏾

[Floydpink]

This engineering is so interesting! :D

[Mohammadali_]

I think water flowing out of a channel from bottom of a dam has more force, because it has all the weight of water behind and up it, but from top of a dam it's just like a water fall, doesn't have that huge weight to it.

[danielg]

Water and gravity is the best way to make electricity. Mega power.

[tigerdavid]

I saw the srisailam dam that of Andhra pradesh

[markhonea]

Show us an in depth explanation of the actual permanent magnets that are at the heart of the electrical generator.
Please. There is not a single video about that, that I can find.

[shaheemgen]

This only has 14k veiws?
Ooh 40k now still less

[toddavis]

Hoover Dam is a modern marvel for electric generation.

[ayomikunoyenuga]

Great explanation guys! This video certainly was interesting 😊