The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD or TaIHiGe; Amharic: ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዳሴ ግድብ, romanized: Tālāqu ye-Ītyōppyā Hidāsē Gidib, Tigrinya: ግድብ ሕዳሰ ኢትዮጵያ, Oromo: Hidha Haaromsaa Guddicha Itoophiyaa[5]), formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as the Hidase Dam (Amharic: ሕዳሴ ግድብ, …

Oct 5, 2017 · Mega dams. The first-ever dam dates from between 2950 and 2750 BC — built in Egypt to collect water for agriculture, and this continued to be the main purpose of dams until the late 19th century AD.

On January 6, 2025, the People's Republic of China reaffirmed its intention to construct the world's biggest dam on the Brahmaputra River.

Dec 26, 2024 · China plans to build this mega hydropower project over the Yarlung Tsangpo River across the Tibetan plateau. The sacred river is home to the deepest canyon on the planet, with a vertical...

Mar 22, 2017 · After opening the largest dam in the world in 2003, the Three Gorges Dam with a capacity to produce 18.2 gigawatts of energy, it now intends to build 100 mega dams as part of meeting its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

China aims to use the Yarlung Tsangpo project to reduce reliance on conventional energy sources and achieve net carbon neutrality by 2060. The river’s steep descent from the mountains provides an ideal flow rate for hydroelectricity generation, making it a …

Jan 12, 2025 · China’s mega-dam project on the Brahmaputra River, particularly at the Great Bend region in Medog County, has significant implications for the Himalayan bioregion and the communities living alongside the river basin. Read here to learn more.

Dec 30, 2024 · China is moving ahead with plans to build the world’s largest hydropower dam on Tibet’s longest river despite environmental, water security and displacement concerns raised by India, Bangladesh...

Jan 16, 2025 · After years of speculation, China last month announced it would build what it described as the world’s largest hydropower dam in its Tibet region—a $137-billion megaproject nearly three times the...

At the time of construction, the dam was the largest hydroelectric power plant on Earth, with a generating capacity of over 20,000 megawatts - more than 20 times that of Hoover Dam, equivalent to 18 nuclear power plants, and enough to supply almost 10% of …