I’m writing a paper on hydroelectric power and I keep getting other stuff about hydroelectric energy too, and I can’t figure out if there’s a difference. Thanks!
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I’m writing a paper on hydroelectric power and I keep getting other stuff about hydroelectric energy too, and I can’t figure out if there’s a difference. Thanks!
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The same, for your purposes.
There is no difference. Two terms for the same thing. In technical physics terms, power and energy are different things, but in this case, it’s just a colloquialism. Your information is accurate either way.
However… when you write your report, use the “power” term. In proper scientific terms, power is the rate at which work is performed or energy is converted. Hydroelectric facilities convert mechanical energy of the water into electricity (energy) by spinning up an electromagnetic induction turbine. So I would use the term power.
But as for your research… whatever sites you’re looking at are talking about the same thing.
Being very specific, power is the first derivative with respect to time of the energy produced or consumed. Alternately, the energy is the integral with respect to time of the power.
In its simplest form, the energy is the power times the time, or the power is the energy divided by time.