Fun facts about the Water Power
- Gujarat set up the first tidal energy plant in India.
- Set up at the Gulf of Kutch, the tidal plant produces power of 50 MW (megawatt).
- There are two existing large tidal barrages in the world today. One is in France and the other in Canada.
- India is the seventh largest producer of hydroelectric energy in the world.
- Over 70 percent of Washington State’s electricity comes from hydropower.
- In 1882, the world’s first hydropower plant was set up along the Fox River in Appleton, United States. Want to explore more such facts? Subscribe to Mogool.
