China's Tibet Megadam project: 10 years, $170 billion for another Great Britain скачать в хорошем качестве

China's Tibet Megadam project: 10 years, $170 billion for another Great Britain

Engineers have begun work on the world's largest hydroelectric project, in China's Xizang. While the topography of the region is ideal for large-scale hydro, they face enormous challenges. The area is remote, the canyon walls are steep and narrow, and it sits in an active earthquake zone. The project will take a decade to bring online, and will cost $170 billion to complete. But in the context of comparable new power projects globally, $170B is a relative bargain. When complete, the new dam will generate the equivalent of one Great Britain's worth of electric power, every year, and further push down China's already low energy costs for households and industries. Closing scene, Tibet Autonomous Region (Xizang) Resources and links: What's the Average Cost of 1 kWh Electricity around the World https://www.voronoiapp.com/energy/Wha... Statista, Largest hydroelectric dams worldwide as of 2021, based on power generation capacity https://www.statista.com/statistics/4... Statista, The World’s Biggest Hydro Powers https://www.statista.com/chart/32027/... AP, Georgia nuclear rebirth arrives 7 years late, $17B over cost https://apnews.com/article/georgia-nu... Charted: China’s Energy Needs Keep on Rising https://www.visualcapitalist.com/char... AP, UK’s flagship nuclear plant could cost up to $59 billion, developer says https://apnews.com/article/uk-nuclear... China starts construction of world’s biggest hydropower dam in Tibet https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7... Reuters, China embarks on world's largest hydropower dam, capital markets cheer https://www.reuters.com/sustainabilit... South China Morning Post, China ‘dominates’ global hydropower development amid energy storage push: report https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-ec... BBC, China to build world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm... BBC, China begins building world's largest dam, fuelling fears in India https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g...