On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.

China is now the world’s most dammed country, with more large dams in operation than the rest of the world combined.

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

known as Brahmaputra in India, is expected to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, about three times the power of China's Three Gorges Dam, currently the world's biggest.

If constructed, the structure will be the world's largest hydropower dam. China's plan to build a mega dam on the Brahmaputra could make the entire ecosystem that depends on the river fragile ...

The Three Gorges Dam – the current largest dam in the world – is set to be overtaken (Picture: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock) China has approved plans to build the world’s biggest dam set to ...

Beijing’s approval of a controversial mega dam on a river flowing from Tibet autonomous region into India, has raised concerns about the project’s environmental impact and its effect on China ...

That would more than triple the 88.2 billion kWh designed capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, currently the world’s largest, in central China. The project will play a major role in meeting China ...

When ready, the power plant will generate three times as much energy as the one over Three Gorges Dam, currently the world's largest hydropower project. With its eye on the 2060 deadline to achieve ...

Image Source : PTI (FILE) The total investment in the dam could exceed one trillion yuan. In what can be seen as a major infrastructural push in the Himalayan topography, China has given a go ...