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Hydro -- Advantages  = Advantages of Hydropower = -Biomass 0.5% -Geothermal 1.6% -Wind 0.004% -Solar 0.001% (see graph: Renewable Energy Production)
 * Water is a flow resource so we will never out of energy from it
 * It doesn't release fumes and doesn't burn fuels
 * Hydropower is accounted for 98% of renewable energy
 * 70% of earth's surface is water
 * 19% of the world's energy is hydropower
 * The cost of hydropower is 0.85 cents of a cent per kilowatt hour (kWh)
 * In 2005 the total amount of electricity generated in the whole world by hydropower was 2,836,739 gigawatt-hours
 * The U.S department of Energy helped reduce fish deaths to 2% in comparison to 5-10% in the past
 * Energy produced in hydropower plants can be stored for later use
 * Systems can last for 50 or more years without any new major investments

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