Hydropower Plant-How it works?
The theory is to build a dam on a large river that has a large drop in elevation. The dam stores lots of water behind it in the reservoir. The water in the reservoir is considered stored energy. Near the bottom of the dam wall there is the water intake. When the gates open, Gravity causes water to fall through the penstock inside the dam. At the end of the penstock there is a turbine propeller, which is turned by the moving water. The shaft from the turbine goes up into the generator, which produces the power.
