THE largest movable wicket dam in the world and the only one built entirely ... amount of concrete was excavated on the site of the big dam when dredges scooped out the rivers sandy bottom down ...

If the Grand Inga is simply experiencing the ups and downs that come with big infrastructure projects, the World Bank may still have cause for optimism. But the dam is a complex engineering ...

When the Three Gorges Dam - the largest hydroelectric dam in the world - was built it put a very large obstacle in the way of a trade route that had bee used for hundreds of years. So, to solve ...

With an installed capacity of 5.15 gigawatts, the dam sits among the 20 largest in the world with its primary function being electricity production. Despite its many benefits, the dam has also ...

His jolly blue eyes snapped with delight. Wrapped in his bathrobe, and puffing a big, black cigar he talked eagerly: “Now this dam is just a dam but it’s a damn big dam. Otherwise it’s no ...

You're not alone. Large dams all over the world, like the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington, have endangered salmon populations. But these dams also provide a significant chunk of electric power to ...

“There are tens of thousands of old, obsolete dams in Europe that can and should be removed,” said Arjan Berkhuysen, managing director of the World Fish Migration Foundation. “We are hopeful that by ...

BEIJING--China has approved the construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect ...

It details how Army Corps officials abruptly decided to release water from two California dams, and the many concerns raised by local water managers and lawmakers. When President Trump called for ...