honestly fuck moving water west but it's surprising they haven't tried to use the Mississippi for at least some kind of hydro power project. The fucking thing is literally a mile wide
edit: nvm I guess there's like 20 hydroelectric dams but combined it's only like 157 megawatts of power generation
edit 2: this was from 2011 though idk if there's more now, this thing is talking about like 100 projects that would jump it up to 6600 megawatts, but idk if any have been built link to thing
honestly fuck moving water west but it's surprising they haven't tried to use the Mississippi for at least some kind of hydro power project. The fucking thing is literally a mile wide
edit: nvm I guess there's like 20 hydroelectric dams but combined it's only like 157 megawatts of power generation
edit 2: this was from 2011 though idk if there's more now, this thing is talking about like 100 projects that would jump it up to 6600 megawatts, but idk if any have been built link to thing
To much commerce moves through it. And when it floods it rages
turns out they do have some hydroelectric dams tho, I didn't google until after posting
Makes sense. It is a mile wide lol.
There is some hydropower on the Mississippi but it's up in Minnesota where the flow rate of the river is much higher.