Can renewable energy sources power the world?: Week 5: Figure 16 The Hoover dam, 1936. This dam on the Colorado River (originally called the Boulder dam) is 220 metres high and its reservoir, Lake mead, holds 35 billion cubic metres of water. The 2.1 GW power plant is at the foot of the dam.

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Figure 16 The Hoover dam, 1936. This dam on the Colorado River (originally called the Boulder dam) is 220 metres high and its reservoir, Lake mead, holds 35 billion cubic metres of water. The 2.1 GW power plant is at the foot of the dam.

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