Example Sentences

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“So, from our perspective, it’s inaccurate to label hydropower, particularly nonpowered dams, as major emitters of methane. It just doesn’t stand to reason.”

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

The addition of hydropower to nonpowered dams can be financially attractive to developers.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

This is good news for existing hydropower in those regions, but it also benefits a growing effort to retrofit so-called nonpowered dams, or any dams created for a need other than hydropower, for electricity production.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

Environmental groups stress caution, however, noting that even existing nonpowered dams can produce negative environmental impacts such as blocking fish passage and sediment transportation and can contribute to methane emissions.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

In it, our mostly nonpowered heroes infiltrate a secret Vought facility, a mental institution that’s the “Boys” version of the Island of Misfit Toys.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021