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Medog Dam (Yarlung Tsangpo Hydropower Project)

Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Medog, Tibet, China

Source: The Times of India

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The Medog Dam is the world's largest hydropower project being constructed on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Medog County, Tibet. It consists of five cascade hydropower stations with a combined annual electricity generation capacity of around 300 billion kWh, more than three times the output of China's Three Gorges Dam. The project is located near the Great Bend of the river, close to the India-China

Status
Under Construction
Sector
Water Supply and Storage, Hydro, Government, Power Generation (CCGT)
Location
Medog, Tibet, China
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
The Times of India

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The project “Medog Dam (Yarlung Tsangpo Hydropower Project)” is an infrastructure initiative in the Water Supply and Storage sector, located in Medog, Tibet, China. Taiyo aggregates data on it from The Times of India.

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The Medog Dam is the world's largest hydropower project being constructed on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Medog County, Tibet. It consists of five cascade hydropower stations with a combined annual electricity generation capacity of around 300 billion kWh, more than three times the output of China's Three Gorges Dam. The project is located near the Great Bend of the river, close to the India-China border, and is expected to have significant strategic, ecological, and seismic implications.

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China

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Tibet

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Medog

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Water Supply and Storage, Hydro, Government, Power Generation (CCGT)

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2026-07-19

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