Hoover Dam - The Best Example of Hydroelectric Power At Work

The source of hydroelectric power is water and hydroelectric power plants should be located on a water source. The Hoover Dam provides one of the best examples of this. The Hoover Dam is a hydroelectric facility completed in 1936 on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada. This dam created Lake. But did you know that about 31% of the entire U.S. hydropower is generated in Washington, the placement of the Nation's largest hydroelectric facility - the Grand Coulee Dam? It is interesting to know that hydroelectric power is responsible for a large percentage of the population's source of power.