According to Reuters, Chinese authorities have approved a project to build the world's largest hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River on the Tibetan Plateau. Downstream countries India and Bangladesh have expressed concerns about the project's environmental impact.
From 2020, hydropower plants connected to dams will be able to produce 300 billion hWh of electricity annually, according to estimates by the state-run Power Construction Corporation of China. This is more than three times the size of the Three Gorges Dam in central China (88.2 billion kWh), which is currently the world's largest, Reuters noted.
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The expected cost of the project is also expected to be higher, the agency added. Construction of the Three Gorges Dam cost more than 254 million yuan (approximately US$35 billion), more than four times the original estimate, and displaced about 1.4 million people.
A huge dam is being built in China. Concerns from other countries
According to Xinhua News Agency, the new project is expected to play an important role in helping China achieve its carbon reduction and carbon neutrality goals, as well as promote the development of related industries and create local jobs. are.
Chinese authorities have not disclosed how many people will need to be resettled in connection with the implementation of the project.
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Despite reassuring assurances from authorities in Beijing, downstream countries India and Bangladesh have expressed concerns about the dam's construction. These countries emphasized that the project would not only change the local ecosystem, but could also change the flow of rivers downstream.
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