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Dam fever threatens viability of Three Gorges Dam
(June 6, 2012) Reporter Shi Jiangtao sounds the alarm on China’s dam-building frenzy along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, revisiting the findings of the 2011 Probe International study, “A Mighty River Runs Dry,” by geologist Fan Xiao. Continue reading
Posted in Beijing Water, China's Dams, Chinese Environmentalists, Patricia Adams, Probe International in the News, Sediment, South-North Water Diversion Project, Three Gorges Probe, Yangtze Drought and Pollution, Yangtze Power
Tagged China's water crisis, Fan Xiao, hydropower, Patricia Adams, Probe International, Three Gorges Dam, unchecked hydropower development, Yangtze drought
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China’s power growth slows
In China, hydroelectric output dropped by 20% from a year earlier. Authorities are now warning of winter power shortages in hydropower-rich southern and central regions due to low water storage, leading to questions about the reliability of China’s hydropower assets. Continue reading
Posted in China Energy Industry, China's Dams
Tagged China, hydropower, low water flow, thermal power
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Dam postponement seen as rebuke to Beijing
Myanmar’s announced cancellation of the Myitsone dam on the Irrawaddy River has brought long-standing tensions with China into the open – including setting off conflicts with the Kachin Independence Organization in the north of the country. “It may be that the Myanmar government sees Chinese investment, in particular the Myitsone dam, as a destabilising force,” said Patricia Adams. Continue reading
Posted in China "Going Out", China's Dams, Probe International in the News, Rule of Law
Tagged Burma, China, Dam, hydropower, Irrawaddy Myitsone dam, Myitsone, Patricia Adams
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China to build sixty new hydro projects in five years
An article by China Energy News Net reveals that China’s next Five-Year Plan will put huge emphasis on hydropower, with plans to build major projects on most of the large rivers originating in the Tibetan plateau and to use 100% of eastern/central China’s hydropower potential. Continue reading
Posted in China's Dams
Tagged Dam, hydroelectric power, hydropower, Tibet, Twelfth Five-year Plan
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The Yangtze runs dry
(August 18, 2011) “The Yangtze River will run dry” because engineers have gone wild, building so many dams that the amount of water needed to fill all the reservoirs along the Yangtze would exceed the flow of the river. So says “A Mighty River Runs Dry,” a new study by geologist Fan Xiao of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau in China. Because there isn’t enough water in the Yangtze to fill all the dams to their designed capacity during the impoundment period each year, “an enormous waste of money” will result, with potentially staggering losses to China’s economy, 40 per cent of which comes from agriculture, fishing, industry and shipping along the Yangtze. Continue reading
Posted in Beijing Water, China's Dams, Probe International in the News, South-North Water Diversion Project, Three Gorges Probe, Water Companies, Yangtze Drought and Pollution, Yangtze Floods and Drought, Yangtze Power
Tagged China's water crisis, Fan Xia, hydropower, Patricia Adams, Probe International, Three Gorges Dam, unchecked hydropower development, Yangtze drought, Yellow River
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