Compare the costs and benefits of hydropower to that of geothermal power. (Please include two costs and two benefits.)

1.
Hydroelectric
power is mainly a renewable source of energy. It relies on the stream cycle of
water which do not cause pollution.

2.
Hydroelectric
power also helps and promote water reservoir and storage.

The cost
are:

1.
0.85 cents per kWh is the average cost in the
US.

2.
Conventional
installation costs $1,000-$5,000

Geothermal
Power

The
benefits are:

1.
There
is no pollution

2.
We
lessen the utilization of fossil fuels

The costs
are:

1.
$0.03 to $0.035 per kWh is
the cost of electricity by The Geysers.

2.
$20,000
to $25,000 costs to build this power plant

2goodforschool 2goodforschool · Answer 2 · 2018-10-26T12:18:49-04:00

Hydropower is water power, geothermal power is a power that is generated by the internal heat of the Earth. It does not cost as much to create hydropower than it is to geothermal power. Hydropower costs: putting a machine down near a body of water. Geothermal power costs: digging a hole into the Earth and putting a machine. It costs about $20,000 to install the geothermal machine and about 3 cents per kW, it costs about $2,000 to install the hydraulic energy machine and about 80 cents per kW.