Wood Buffalo National Park, in Canada, which spans northern Alberta and parts of the Northwest Territories, contains the ...

China's Motuo Hydropower Station, built on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, is expected to cost $167 billion and generate ...

Across the world, large dams stand as some of humanity’s most ambitious engineering achievements. They are built not only to generate electricity, but to control floods, support agriculture, and ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In China’s official announcement, state media quickly emphasized the project’s green credentials and the massive engineering feat ...

Humanity’s impact on the planet is so immense that our engineered megastructures have altered the very rotation of the planet. A new study from Harvard University analyzes how dam building—primarily ...

China has built more dams than any other country and more large dams than the rest of the world combined. This month, it officially acknowledged construction of the biggest dam ever conceived in human ...

The World Bank appears to be pulling back from involvement in the construction of the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan. According to regional media reports, the bank has paused project funding until Tajik ...

The World Bank recently approved an initial $250 million in financing for the controversial Inga 3 mega dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a move that worries civil society organizations ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated Africa’s largest dam to boost the economy, end frequent blackouts and support the growth of electric vehicle development in a country that ...