The Chinese government has approved the construction of a massive hydroelectric power plant over the world's largest dam to be built over the sacred Yarlung Tsangpo River in the Tibet autonomous ...

China is no stranger to massive civil engineering projects, but its latest hydropower effort is impressively large, even by ...

BEIJING (AP) – The operator of China’s Three Gorges Dam says the world’s largest hydropower project has withstood its biggest test, regulating a record amount of floodwater. China Three Gorges Corp.

China has started building a mega-dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, which could become the world’s largest source of hydroelectric power when completed, according to Chinese officials. The ...

China’s latest move in renewable energy—the Motuo Dam Project in Tibet—is a big leap forward in hydroelectric power. With a planned output of 60 gigawatts, this dam will be three times as strong as ...

BEIJING - Plans to raise the water level behind China's massive Three Gorges Dam to full capacity this month - which would mark the symbolic culmination of the decades-old project - have stalled amid ...

China is expected to reach a milestone when the giant reservoir behind Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River reaches its maximum height this year.... Concerns Rise with Water of Three Gorges Dam Next ...

For China’s communist leadership, which gathers Monday for a major party congress, the gigantic Three Gorges Dam holds out the promise of abundant hydroelectric power and an end to devastating ...