Tibet project estimated at 60GW would be nearly three times the size of China's Three Gorges Dam, pictured above, which began operating in 2006. Photo: "ThreeGorgesDam-China2009" by Le Grand ...

China has tried to reassure India over its plans for a mega dam in the Tibetan Plateau, which has prompted fears it will cause water shortages and damage the environment, by saying it will not try ...

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 ...

But now, a US$137 billion hydropower project – the largest of its kind ever attempted – threatens to turn its waters into a new front in the rivalry between China and India. Approved last ...

The Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra is, therefore, a site of planned and ongoing mega-dam projects by China, India and Bhutan. China has already operationalized several dams along the upper reaches of ...

This supports the potential claims of India concerning adverse downstream impacts of China's dam. Environmental and seismic risks of the mega-dam The site proposed for the dam happens to be one of ...

With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects ... focus on China’s latest plan to build the World’s biggest dam on the Yarlung ...

The blocking of normal flow to maintain headwaters to operate a mega-hydropower dam of the magnitude that China has approved at the Great Bend will have catastrophic consequences on the water ...

China's ambitious engineers are at it again, not satisfied with the already colossal Three Gorges Dam, which towers at over 600 feet and stretches nearly 8,000 feet wide. This engineering marvel ...

The Yarlung Tsangpo dam, first announced in 2020 as part of the current five-year plan, is part of China's broader strategy to exploit the hydropower potential of the Tibetan Plateau.