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Explainer | What Do We Know About the Site of China’s Mega Dam in Tibet and What Is Its Significance?
- China has approved the construction of a £737 million hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river, which will be the world's largest once completed.
- The dam is expected to generate around 300 billion kilowatt-hours of power annually, serving local needs and transmitting electricity to other regions.
- Concerns have been raised about the dam's potential to control trans-border rivers affecting India and Bangladesh, as well as environmental impacts in Tibet.
- Climate activist Manshi Asher stated that there is 'substantial evidence' of negative impacts from hydropower projects, indicating that this dam will alter the environmental flows of the river.
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It will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world. It was the Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang who inaugurated the imposing construction site where the dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river will be built for what will become, according to plans still not exactly defined in the details in public, the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world. The announcement of the ideation of the project was given five years ago and covered in costs …
Massive New Hydropower Dam in Xizang Won’t Harm Downstream Nations, China Says
Massive New Hydropower Dam in Xizang Won’t Harm Downstream Nations, China Says - The 60-million-kilowatt hydropower project will help control floods and won’t harm India or Bangladesh, which are concerned about damage to their water supplies and ecosystems
China claims world’s largest dam in Tibet will prevent disasters along Yarlung river
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, July 24: China has defended the construction of a massive hydropower dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, known as the Brahmaputra in India, calling it a sovereign initiative to boost clean energy, enhance disaster mitigation, and promote ecological conservation. The project, officially launched on Saturday in Medog County of Nyingchi prefecture, in Tibet’s traditional U-Tsang province, is s…
World’s Largest Hydropower Plant Starts in China’s Xizang, Poised to Revolutionize Energy Output
Chongqing - China has recently launched construction of a hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River in Xizang, with a total investment estimated at around 1.2 trillion yuan ($167.8 billion), according to Xinhua News. The Yarlung Zangbo River. (Photo/IC Photo) The Yarlung Zangbo River, located on the Tibetan Plateau in China, is the highest-altitude river in the world. It traverses the longest and steepest canyon on Ear…
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