After almost two decades of construction and a cost of over USD22 billion, China’s Three Gorges Dam is now running at full capacity for the first time in its infamous history.
A surge in mega-hydropower projects across the world in the coming decade will only be affected marginally by last week's decision to delay building a large dam across the Mekong, Southeast Asia's longest river, Reuters reported Wednesday.
A report released in Beijing Friday said there is no scientific evidence that the Three Gorges Dam has caused change to the climate and is to blame for meteorological disasters in recent years.
Water rose to the maximum level at China's Three Gorges Dam on Tuesday, driving electricity output to full capacity at the world's largest hydropower plant for the first time since it began operating two years ago, its operator said.
The operator of China's Three Gorges Dam has defended the controversial project, saying it has a 'sacred mission' to control flooding, generate clean energy and ensure water supply.
China's Jiangxi Province plans to build a 2,800-meter dam to protect Poyang Lake, the country's largest freshwater lake, from the impact of the Three Gorges Dam, according to a report in the Oriental Morning Post.
The Chinese government has decided to curb environmental deterioration in the Three Gorges Dam region by 2020, according a government statement after a cabinet meeting held Wednesday.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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