Is it true that the hydropower plant produces electricity?

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The above statement is True.
In a hydropower plant, a high-rise dam is constructed on a river at a suitable location so that a large amount of water is stored in a reservoir and water level rises in the reservoir. This stored water possesses potential energy. When sluice gates constructed at the base of the dam are opened, water from the high level in the reservoir is carried through a tunnel (or pipe) to the turbine of the electric generator installed at the bottom of the dam. Potential energy of water coming from the high level in the reservoir is converted into kinetic energy, which then rotates the turbine of the electric generator and electricity is produced.

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