Itaipu Dam is one of the world’s largest dams by volume, spans 7,919 meters in length and rises 196 meters high. Its expansive reservoir covers around 1,350 square kilometers and holds an ...

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 ...

Notably, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is so big that American space agency NASA claimed it affected Earth's ...

Amid chronic power outages, Tajikistan has embarked on the revival of a Soviet-era mega-project to build the world's highest dam. First planned in 1976, the Rogun Hydropower Project was abandoned due ...

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 ...

China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, stoking concerns about displacement of communities in Tibet and environmental impacts downstream in India ...

The Siang Upper Multipurpose Project will generate electricity and regulate water flow. But locals are angry about government ...

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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's ...