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.

Rising sea levels are threatening millions of people, major cities, and vital ecosystems across Northern Europe. Scientists ...

China is building the largest power plant the world has ever seen, in a very remote corner of Tibet. But the $167 billion hydropower dam has environmentalists and neighbouring countries concerned. On ...

China has started construction of the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam, a project that’s set to be far larger than the Three Gorges Dam — already the world’s biggest single source of green power — ...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang launched construction of a mega-dam project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet on Saturday, with a total planned investment of 1.2 trillion yuan ($167 ...

China has kicked off construction on the world's largest hydropower dam, and analysts expect the colossal undertaking to be a huge boost for hydro-equipment and materials suppliers. Chinese Premier Li ...

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India says the proposed new mega-dam could counteract rival China's building of a likely record-breaking dam upstream in Tibet by stockpiling water and guarding ...

India fears Chinese dam will reduce flow on major river by up to 85% in dry season Delhi says a mega dam of its own will mitigate risks, but faces heavy local resistance Beijing building world's ...

On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam—India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water. India says ...