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Hydro (from ) may refer to:


Energy technologies

* Water-derived power or energy: **
Hydropower Hydropower (from Ancient Greek -, "water"), also known as water power or water energy, is the use of falling or fast-running water to Electricity generation, produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by energy transformation, ...
, derived from water **
Hydroelectricity Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...
, in electrical form * "Hydro", AC
mains electricity Mains electricity, utility power, grid power, domestic power, wall power, household current, or, in some parts of Canada, hydro, is a general-purpose Alternating current, alternating-current (AC) electric power supply. It is the form of electri ...
in parts of Canada * Micro hydro, a type of hydroelectric power that typically produces from 5 kW to 100 kW of electricity using the natural flow of water * Pico hydro, a term used for hydroelectric power generation of under 5 kW * Small hydro, the development of hydroelectric power on a scale suitable for local community and industry, or to contribute to distributed generation in a regional electricity grid


Utilities


Australia

* Snowy Hydro * Hydro Tasmania


Canada

* Canadian Hydro Developers (not specific to a province) * In Manitoba: ** Manitoba Hydro ** Winnipeg Hydro, Manitoba * In Ontario: ** Hydro One **
Ontario Hydro Ontario Hydro, established in 1906 as the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, was a publicly owned electricity utility in the Province of Ontario. It was formed to build transmission lines to supply municipal utilities with electricity ge ...
** Hydro Ottawa ** Toronto Hydro * Specific to other provinces: ** BC Hydro, British Columbia ** Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro **
Hydro-Québec Hydro-Québec () is a Canadian Crown corporations of Canada#Quebec, Crown corporation public utility headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It manages the electricity generation, generation, electric power transmission, transmission and electricity ...


Europe

* Norsk Hydro, in Norway * Scottish Hydro Electric


Other uses

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Hydro (fuel-station chain) Hydro was a chain of fuel stations throughout Sweden owned by Statoil. The chain had more than 500 stations, as well as some unmanned Uno-X stations. The company also operated in retailing natural gas, electricity and heating oil. History The H ...
, in Sweden * SF ''Hydro'', former Norwegian railway ferry


Places

* Hydro, Kentucky, United States * Hydro, Oklahoma, United States * Hydro, Ontario, Canada


Personal names

* "Hydro", professional wrestler Jamar Shipman


Buildings

* Hydro, a term for a hydropathic establishment, often preserved in the names of hotels that no longer offer the water cure * Hydro Majestic Hotel, New South Wales, Australia * OVO Hydro, arena in Glasgow, Scotland


See also

* Hydra (disambiguation) *
Hydroponics Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of #Passive sub-irrigation, hydroculture which involves growing plants, usually crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral Plant nutrition, nutrient Solution (chemi ...
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