the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river - has come under fresh scrutiny. Amid some of the heaviest rainfall on record ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

One of the largest and most remarkable human-made structures in the world, China’s Three Gorges Dam, has achieved feats far beyond energy production. This colossal dam, built on the Yangtze ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam follows the engineering achievements of the Grand Coulee Dam in America. Our research explains every part of the Grand Coulee Dam and shows how its water production creates ...

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 ...

On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam is one of the world's largest ... and any structural failure could turn the dam into a real "water bomb" with devastating consequences for downstream communities.

The world's largest hydroelectric dam in China called the Three Gorges Dam is a very huge infrastructure project that is affecting the spin of Earth, according to IFL Science. NASA scientists have ...

The Three Gorges Dam, spanning the Yangtze River in China, currently holds the world title for installed capacity and annual hydroelectricity generation, producing between 95 and 112 TWh every year.

The project is poised to triple the energy output of the current largest dam in the world, the Three Gorges Dam, which is also in China. The construction of the Three Gorges cost 254.2 billion ...

A leading Chinese scientist has unveiled an ambitious plan to construct solar power stations in space using super-heavy rockets, describing it as "a new Three Gorges Dam above the Earth.