The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric power station ever built and one of the greatest engineering achievements ...

The new year has not been kind to the hydroelectric-dam industry. On January 11th, the New York Times reported that Mosul Dam, the largest such structure in Iraq, urgently requires maintenance to ...

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The second generating unit of the Shuangjiangkou Hydropower Station in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, home to the ...

China is building the world's largest hydroelectric dam in the lower parts of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, about 50 ...

This disaster was far worse than a normal dam failure. Europe’s tallest dam stayed largely intact, but when a massive ...

Pakistan has a coastline, opening to the Arabian Sea. It even has an embryonic surfing scene, and that's a worthy story for another time. But historically, the country hasn't been typically known as a ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region ...

Chinese scientists have identified an active fault line beneath the Yarlung Tsangpo dam construction zone. This geological ...

Maharashtra has the highest number of large dams in India, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Check the top 10 Indian states with the most dams and why they are important.

Ethiopians have celebrated the inauguration of Africa's largest dam as a defining moment in the country's history, even as downstream states warn of "grave consequences" without guarantees on how ...