China has begun constructing the Yarlung Tsangpo Hydropower Project in Tibet, poised to become the world's most powerful ...

NEW DELHI As China pushes ahead with its ambitious plan to build a $16.7 billion mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo, known as the Brahmaputra in India, concerns have inevitably surged about the possible ...

India’s US$77 billion Brahmaputra hydropower initiative and China’s mega-dam at the Yarlung–Tsangpo Great Bend are turning the Himalayas into a digital hydropower flashpoint. Both states are tying ...

When China started construction on the Yarlung Tsangpo mega dam in July 2025, it marked another step from hydropower development to strategic river control. The project, ceremonially launched by ...

China has begun construction on one of the world’s most ambitious hydropower projects: a massive dam complex on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet. Once completed, it will become the largest hydropower ...

China has begun building a new hydropower “mega dam” complex on Tibet’s Yarlung Zangbo River. Designed for about 60 gigawatts of capacity, it would outmuscle every other dam system on the planet. The ...

Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change. Drought and age ...

RARELY CALM, the cross-border politics of South Asia’s great rivers have been roiling of late. In late October Afghanistan revealed plans to build dams on the Kabul river, rankling Pakistan, with ...

Pintu Kumar Mahla is affiliated with the Water Resources Research Center, the University of Arizona. He is also a member of the International Association of Water Law (AIDA). Pintu Kumar Mahla has not ...

Photo source: Xinhua. Observers question whether the Yarlung Tsangpo power plant can revive growth momentum. Addressing ordered ranks of construction workers, government officials and cadres in ...

It’s been a little more than a year since four dams on the Klamath River came down — the biggest river restoration project in U.S. history. In that time, tribal, state, nonprofit and federal ...