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The Three Gorges Dam could be dethroned as the king of hydropower dams if the planned Yarlung Zangbao dam is built with three times the installed capacity.
Construction began in 1994 and was completed in 2012. The Three Gorges Dam brought many economic benefits but also received much criticism for its impact on the surround…
China is building an unprecedented dam system along its longest river.
O Dong Duc Dam generated electricity from all 12 generators on June 16, supplying electricity from the Yangtze valley in the southwest to the most populous areas in the…
The O Dong Duc hydroelectric dam project has started to test electricity, with a dam height of 270m compared to the height of 181m of the Tam Hiep Dam.
With a high economic growth rate and the demand for electricity use, an average of more than 10% per year. To meet the demand of electricity for living and labor, the st…
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric power plant that is known all over the world, towering across the third Yangtze River on the planet. But the disaster it caused i…
Nearly 80 years ago, when the French poked exploration drills into the riverbed at any location, they encountered the alluvial layer.
The continuous flow of warm water, combined with the impact of hydroelectric dams, has led to a sharp decline in the size of the largest Pacific salmon species and the r…
Recent reports show that the number of large freshwater animal species has decreased by 97% compared to 1970, due to the natural flow of altered rivers and human catchin…
The distorted image of the Three Gorges Dam (China) is attracting the attention of media both inside and outside China.
Dams and reservoirs have significantly reduced the benefits of healthy rivers for humans and nature.
Hydroelectric dams are the main and largest source of energy for some countries around the world, including Vietnam, China or Laos.
The latest images from NASA satellites for water levels at Theewaterskloof hydroelectric dam, the largest reservoir in South Africa's Cape Town capital are at an alarmin…
The Three Gorges Dam in China, which provides clean energy for the pressing needs of the people of this country, also causes many environmental impacts.