On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.

China is now the world’s most dammed country, with more large dams in operation than the rest of the world combined.

China intends to build a 1-kilometer-wide solar power station in space, sending energy to Earth via microwaves.

China is planning more hydropower projects upstream of the Yarlung Zangbo to continue its hydropower generation. The new dam aims to be completed by 2060 to help China achieve its net zero emissions.

Tibet project estimated at 60GW would be nearly three times the size of China's Three Gorges Dam, pictured above, which began operating in 2006. Photo: "ThreeGorgesDam-China2009" by Le Grand ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. The announced cost is $137 billion. The Economist calls the new dam “the world’s most expensive infrastructure project.” And perhaps it is the world’s ...

The new dam will dwarf the biggest dam in the world today, China’s own Three Gorges Dam, whose reservoir is longer than the largest of North America’s Great Lakes. When completed, the super ...

The new dam will dwarf the biggest dam in the world today, China’s own Three Gorges Dam, whose reservoir is longer than the largest of North America’s Great Lakes. When completed, the super-dam in ...