SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China has broken ground on what it says will be the world's largest hydropower project, a $170 billion feat capable of generating enough electricity each year to power Britain.

On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo. The project, which will generate an estimated 300 billion kilowatt hours of ...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's Premier Li Qiang announced construction had begun on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau, at an estimated ...

Energy security, frontier development, technological ambition, and geopolitical calculation are increasingly intertwined in ...

LINZI CITY, Tibet Autonomous Region, August 6, 2025 (ENS) – The world’s largest hydroelectric project held a groundbreaking ceremony in Linzhi City on July 19. Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the ...

China has commenced building what is set to become the world’s largest hydropower facility on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, near the Himalayan foothills. Premier Li Qiang confirmed this week that ...

China is doing it again and building something extraordinary. People depend on rivers’ constant flow to power their industries, water their crops, and light their homes all across the world. Massive ...

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As China pursues clean energy, Tibet has emerged as a site for extractive mining and an unsustainable spree of dam building. It’s not just the new mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River. For years, ...

Last year, China had operationalised the US $1.5 billion Zam Hydropower Station, the largest in Tibet, built on the Brahmaputra river. China has blocked a tributary of the Brahmaputra river in Tibet ...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s Premier Li Qiang announced construction had begun on what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau, at an estimated ...