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🇩🇪 Yesterday all wind was ~10% of Germany electricity generation (126GWh). Solar was ~18% (212GWh). Hydro power net of pumped was ~5% (62GWh). Source: SMARD #Germany #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy
Here's a radical left lunatic idea. How about requiring , by law, that any company wishing to build a data centre must also fully fund a connected power station using only wind, solar or hydro - or any combo of these.…
🇧🇪 Yesterday wind was ~14% of Belgium electricity generation (30GWh). Solar was ~8% (16GWh). Hydro was ~1% (1GWh). Battery output was 1.9GWh. Source: Elia #Belgium #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy
Yellow https://www.allforgardening.com/1752674/yellow-6/ Heyy guys, new to hydro plants. This is my favourite one. What does this mean? How do I help him?? Any help would be much appreciated! 😇 by sammisoxi
🇫🇮 Yesterday wind was ~34% of Finland electricity generation (77GWh). Hydro was ~11% (24GWh). Solar was ~3% (8GWh). Battery output was 0.6GWh. Source: ENTSO-E #Finland #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy
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(uncountable, rare) Water.
He grabbed a bottle of hydro from the bureau and fumbled nervously to open it.
“🟢⬇️ Hydro Bot - Province - 30mins 🟢⬇️ ⚡ Active outages: 14 (🟢⬇️ -1) 👥 Customers affected: 752 (🟢⬇️ -31) of 1474923 📊 Customers out: 0.05% Generated at: 2026-05-05 03:00:01”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🇫🇮 Yesterday wind was ~12% of Finland electricity generation (26GWh). Hydro was ~13% (27GWh). Solar was ~3% (6GWh). Battery output was 0.7GWh. Source: ENTSO-E #Finland #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🇪🇸 Yesterday wind was ~12% of Spain electricity generation (81GWh). Solar was ~25% (168GWh). Hydro was ~15% (102GWh). Source: RedEléctrica #Spain #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“British electricity mix at 8am on 5th May 2026 🔥Gas 40.8% Biomass 12.9% 🍃Wind 12.3% Solar 7.4% Hydro 1.0% ⚛️Nuclear 15.5% ➡️Imports 10.1% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 30GW Carbon intensity 241 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🇧🇪 Yesterday wind was ~5% of Belgium electricity generation (10GWh). Solar was ~15% (30GWh). Hydro was ~1% (2GWh). Battery output was 2.6GWh. Source: Elia #Belgium #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(British, countable, dated) A spa.
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(Canada, uncountable) Electrical power supply; specifically, electrical power provided by a utility (as a publicly-owned one); payment or bills for this.
He crashed his car against a hydro pole.
“🇩🇪 Yesterday all wind was ~10% of Germany electricity generation (126GWh). Solar was ~18% (212GWh). Hydro power net of pumped was ~5% (62GWh). Source: SMARD #Germany #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Here's a radical left lunatic idea. How about requiring , by law, that any company wishing to build a data centre must also fully fund a connected power station using only wind, solar or hydro - or any combo of these. This in consultation with local councils and residents?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🇧🇪 Yesterday wind was ~14% of Belgium electricity generation (30GWh). Solar was ~8% (16GWh). Hydro was ~1% (1GWh). Battery output was 1.9GWh. Source: Elia #Belgium #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yellow https://www.allforgardening.com/1752674/yellow-6/ Heyy guys, new to hydro plants. This is my favourite one. What does this mean? How do I help him?? Any help would be much appreciated! 😇 by sammisoxi”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🇫🇮 Yesterday wind was ~34% of Finland electricity generation (77GWh). Hydro was ~11% (24GWh). Solar was ~3% (8GWh). Battery output was 0.6GWh. Source: ENTSO-E #Finland #windenergy #solarenergy #hydroenergy”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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