{"id":40156,"date":"2021-06-29T09:58:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T16:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/energy-101-hydropower\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:29:52","slug":"energy-101-hydropower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/es\/energy-101-hydropower\/","title":{"rendered":"Energ\u00eda 101: Energ\u00eda hidroel\u00e9ctrica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40156\" class=\"elementor elementor-40156\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f2a98c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f2a98c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f6ce62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f6ce62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>La serie Energ\u00eda 101 de MCE se centra en el por qu\u00e9 y el c\u00f3mo de la energ\u00eda renovable para que pueda aprender m\u00e1s sobre conceptos como las ventajas de la biomasa y la ciencia que hay detr\u00e1s de la energ\u00eda solar.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8588211 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8588211\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ec34a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ec34a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLa fuerza del agua en movimiento se utiliza como fuente de energ\u00eda desde hace m\u00e1s de dos milenios. Las centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas que utilizamos hoy en d\u00eda aprovechan la energ\u00eda cin\u00e9tica del agua en movimiento y la transforman en electricidad. En 2019, hasta 35,4% del servicio energ\u00e9tico de Light Green de MCE proced\u00edan de fuentes de energ\u00eda hidroel\u00e9ctrica.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2d6cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e2d6cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hydropower-graph-1024x582.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5571\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hydropower-graph-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hydropower-graph-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hydropower-graph-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hydropower-graph.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98429e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98429e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1les son las ventajas de la hidroel\u00e9ctrica?<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Es uno de los\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroreview.com\/business-finance\/hydropower-remains-the-lowest-cost-source-of-electricity-globally\/#gref\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"menos costoso - abrir en una nueva pesta\u00f1a\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroreview.com\/business-finance\/hydropower-remains-the-lowest-cost-source-of-electricity-globally\/#gref\">menos costoso<\/a>\u00a0fuentes de energ\u00eda.<\/li><li>Es fiable y puede producir energ\u00eda las 24 horas del d\u00eda.<\/li><li>Las centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas son extremadamente eficientes y pueden convertir hasta\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvic.com\/content\/facts_about_hydropower.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"90% - abrir en una pesta\u00f1a nueva\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"http:\/\/www.wvic.com\/content\/facts_about_hydropower.cfm\">90%<\/a>\u00a0de energ\u00eda en electricidad.<\/li><li>La energ\u00eda hidroel\u00e9ctrica no produce gases de efecto invernadero ni residuos.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1les son las desventajas de la hidroel\u00e9ctrica?<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>La energ\u00eda hidroel\u00e9ctrica depende del nivel del agua y fluct\u00faa en funci\u00f3n de las precipitaciones.<\/li><li>Altera los h\u00e1bitats naturales, puede perturbar la migraci\u00f3n de los peces y da\u00f1ar las plantas y animales aut\u00f3ctonos.<\/li><li>La construcci\u00f3n de embalses y presas puede desplazar comunidades y aumentar el riesgo de inundaciones.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18fdb12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18fdb12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6805162 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6805162\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"34.44px\">\u00bfC\u00f3mo se transforma la energ\u00eda hidroel\u00e9ctrica en electricidad?<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-658b39b e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"658b39b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8114e05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8114e05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Presa hidroel\u00e9ctrica<\/strong><\/p><p>Las presas hidroel\u00e9ctricas llenan un embalse restringiendo el flujo de agua aguas abajo. El agua fluye ladera abajo por una peque\u00f1a abertura de la presa, donde hace girar las turbinas y genera energ\u00eda mec\u00e1nica. A continuaci\u00f3n, un generador convierte la energ\u00eda mec\u00e1nica en electricidad.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2130d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2130d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-1-3-hydro-1-400x227-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5476\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-1-3-hydro-1-400x227-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-1-3-hydro-1-400x227-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4-1-3-hydro-1-400x227-1-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b00e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b00e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Almacenamiento por bombeo<\/strong><\/p><p>El almacenamiento por bombeo es un tipo de central hidroel\u00e9ctrica que permite almacenar la energ\u00eda generada por los recursos e\u00f3licos y solares en momentos de baja demanda hasta que se necesite. La energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica o solar se utiliza para bombear agua cuesta arriba hasta un embalse cuando la demanda de electricidad es baja y la generaci\u00f3n de energ\u00eda es alta. El agua se libera y hace girar las turbinas cuando vuelve cuesta abajo para generar electricidad en los momentos de mayor demanda.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a30539 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a30539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/alt116.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5549\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b83c453 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b83c453\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Centrales de pasada<\/strong><\/p><p>Las centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas de pasada utilizan el flujo natural del agua por un r\u00edo en lugar de un gran embalse. Al carecer de almacenamiento de agua, las centrales de pasada dependen del nivel estacional del agua y suelen tener una capacidad de generaci\u00f3n menor. Estas centrales tienen un impacto medioambiental menor que las presas hidroel\u00e9ctricas y es menos probable que provoquen inundaciones.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34eb879 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34eb879\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"34.44px\">\u00bfCu\u00e1l es la diferencia entre grandes y peque\u00f1as centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas?<\/h2><p>Las centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas var\u00edan en tama\u00f1o y capacidad de generaci\u00f3n. Las grandes centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas son presas a gran escala que tienen una capacidad de m\u00e1s de 500 MW.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/eere\/water\/types-hydropower-plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"30 megavatios - abrir en una pesta\u00f1a nueva\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/eere\/water\/types-hydropower-plants\">30 megavatios<\/a><u>,<\/u>\u00a0mientras que las peque\u00f1as centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas suelen generar menos de 10 megavatios.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c9f6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70c9f6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"34.44px\">\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 las grandes centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas no se consideran una fuente de energ\u00eda renovable?<\/h2><p>Tanto las peque\u00f1as como las grandes centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas se consideran fuentes de electricidad libres de carbono. Las peque\u00f1as centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas tambi\u00e9n se clasifican como renovables. Sin embargo, las grandes centrales no se consideran renovables en el Estado de California porque alteran el medio ambiente circundante. Los recursos libres de carbono como las peque\u00f1as y grandes centrales hidroel\u00e9ctricas desempe\u00f1an un papel importante para ayudar a MCE y a California a cumplir nuestros objetivos clim\u00e1ticos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76daf27 content-align-cta-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-cta-box\" data-id=\"76daf27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-cta-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-call-to-action cta-basic bg-lite cta-preset-1\">\n        <h3 class=\"title eael-cta-heading\">Datos curiosos<\/h3><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/energyexplained\/hydropower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hasta 2019<\/a>la hidroelectricidad fue la mayor fuente de electricidad renovable en Estados Unidos.<\/li><li>La central hidroel\u00e9ctrica m\u00e1s antigua de Estados Unidos es la\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/783966\/oldest-us-hydropower-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central hidroel\u00e9ctrica de Whiting<\/a>\u00a0en Wisconsin, que empez\u00f3 a funcionar en 1891.<\/li><li>Las cataratas del Ni\u00e1gara son la mayor fuente de electricidad de Nueva York.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoniagara.com\/attractions\/hydro_power\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">24 millones de bombillas<\/a>\u00a0de una vez.<\/li><\/ul><a class=\"cta-button cta-preset-1\"><\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dba8006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dba8006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00bfBusca m\u00e1s blogs sobre Energ\u00eda 101? 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