(GILBERTSVILLE, Ky.)Hydroelectric power is the most reliable, most efficient, cleanest and most economical of all renewable energy sources. And thanks to the Tennessee River system, we have plenty of it in our region.
It helps TVA provide affordable and reliable electricity to the people and businesses of the Tennessee Valley.
National Hydropower Day is Sunday and it’s a time to celebrate one of the world’s oldest sources of energy. According to the U.S Department of Energy, the Greeks used water wheels to grind wheat into flour more than 2,000 years ago. In 1880, a dynamo, a device that converts mechanical energy into electric energy, powered by a water turbine provided power to a theatre and storefront in Grand Rapids, Michigan…