Yarlung Zangbo Hydropower Project
Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: China
Source: The Indian Express
China has started construction on a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo river, near Arunachal Pradesh, India. The project includes five cascade hydropower stations over a 50-kilometre stretch with a planned capacity of 60 GW, roughly three times the size of the Three Gorges Dam. It represents a major infrastructure investment of nearly $170 billion and is China's largest infrastructur
- Status
- Under Construction
- Sector
- Water Supply and Storage, Hydro
- Location
- China
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- The Indian Express
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Description | China has started construction on a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo river, near Arunachal Pradesh, India. The project includes five cascade hydropower stations over a 50-kilometre stretch with a planned capacity of 60 GW, roughly three times the size of the Three Gorges Dam. It represents a major infrastructure investment of nearly $170 billion and is China's largest infrastructure project since the Three Gorges Dam. |
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Sector | Water Supply and Storage, Hydro |
Article published date | 2025-09-16 |
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