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Hydro-electric (POS_2)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: pos_2.ttl
- Name
hydroElectric
- Attribute
- POS Power Source
- Definition
- Uses the change in gravitational potential of falling water.
- Description
- The water may be impounded (for example: by a dam) or collected from a naturally-occurring elevated location (for example: Niagara Falls).
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Allowed for
- AD010 Electric Power Station
- AD011 Power Generating Unit
- AD061 Maritime Energy Farm
- RWOI terms naming it
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.