China has approved the construction of a huge hydroelectric dam in Tibet, which would be the world’s largest hydropower plant with triple the capacity of the current biggest operational project, the Three Gorges Dam, which is also in China. The Chinese government has now approved the construction of the new project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, the longest river in Tibet and the fifth longest in China, state news agency Xinhua reports. The new mega-dam could produce 300 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually,…
