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ENERGY > RENEWABLE ENERGY > HYDROPOWER

Preferred term

HYDROPOWER  

Definition

  • THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM THE POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY OF WATER IN HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS (THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED IN PUMPED STORAGE PLANTS IS NOT INCLUDED)

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • HYDROELECTRIC POWER
  • WATER POWER

History note

  • TERM RELABELLED JULY 2018. PREVIOUSLY THE TERM 'WATER POWER' WOULD HAVE BEEN USED.

Identifier

  • urn:ddi:int.cessda.elsst:5ef92df1-78c4-4e28-9779-8d5ddc7b4d12:3

Date issued

  • 2022-09-20

DEFINITION SOURCE

  • EUROSTAT

In other languages

  • HYDROELEKTRICKÁ ENERGIE

    Czech

  • VANDKRAFT

    Danish

  • Dutch

  • VESIVOIMA

    Finnish

  • KOSKIVOIMA
  • ÉNERGIE HYDRAULIQUE

    French

  • ÉNERGIE HYDROÉLECTRIQUE
  • German

  • HYDROELEKTRISCHE ENERGIE
  • HYDROENERGIE
  • ΥΔΡΟ-ΕΝΕΡΓΕΙΑ

    Greek

  • ΥΔΡΟΗΛΕΚΤΡΙΚΗ ΕΝΕΡΓΕΙΑ
  • VÍZENERGIA

    Hungarian

  • VATNSAFL

    Icelandic

  • VATNSORKA
  • HIDROENERGIJA

    Lithuanian

  • HIDROELEKTRINĖS ENERGIJA
  • VANDENS ENERGIJA
  • VANNKRAFT

    Norwegian

  • ENERGIE HIDROELECTRICĂ

    Romanian

  • VODNA ENERGIJA

    Slovenian

  • ENERGÍA HIDRÁULICA

    Spanish

  • ENERGÍA HÍDRICA
  • ENERGÍA HIDROELÉCTRICA
  • HIDROENERGÍA
  • VATTENKRAFT

    Swedish

URI

https://elsst.cessda.eu/id/3/5ef92df1-78c4-4e28-9779-8d5ddc7b4d12

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