The proposed dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, known as Brahmaputra in India, is expected to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, about three times the ...

Estimated $137-billion hydroelectric project, which would be three times larger than China's Three Gorges Dam, has raised ...

CHINA has given the green light to plans for the world’s largest hydropower dam, despite protests from neighbouring countries ...

Days after China said that the 6.8-magnitude earthquake did not cause any damage to dams in Tibet, it has been forced to ...

On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...

The dam, which will be located in the lower ... But according to Chinese officials, hydropower projects in Tibet, which they say hold more than a third of China’s hydroelectric power potential ...

To help them achieve that goal, the government recently announced plans to build the biggest hydropower dam in the world. The dam will be built on a river in Tibet called the Yarlung Tsangpo, with ...

Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a ...

Tibet's recent 6.8 magnitude earthquake reveals seismic risks to hydropower projects in the Himalayas. With 68 dams ...

The construction of a colossal hydropower project by China in Tibet has emerged as a matter of grave concern for India, ...

Since China has effectively dammed every river that flows into India, it can use water as a weapon of war by controlling ...

But Fan said the project was unnecessary, given the low hydropower demand in sparsely populated Tibet and the high costs of transmitting it elsewhere. Some mega-dam building in China may be ...