CHINA has given the green light to plans for the world's largest hydropower dam, despite protests from neighbouring countries. Millions could be without water as Tibet is set to become home to the ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam is one of the world's largest, standing over 600 feet tall and extending for nearly 8,000 feet. The dam is so massive, it’s reputed to have slowed the Earth’s rotation.

The megaproject will also divert the flow of the Yarlung river through India and Bangladesh, potentially triggering flash ...

Located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it would have twice the power generation of China's Three Gorges and, therefore, be the world's largest hydroelectric plant. The Grand Inga Dam enticed ...

Inga I and II were built in the 1970s and 1980s, while construction for Inga III was supposed to begin in 2020 [Mbelechi Msochi] ...

BEIJING--China has approved the construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect ...

China’s decision to build the world’s largest hydropower dam on a river that flows into India and Bangladesh has sparked concerns in both countries over the project’s potential impact on ...

However, the government appears determined to construct the dams, especially after China approved the construction of the world’s largest dam on the same river in Tibet. The dam in China will be ...