(September 4, 2009) “Electricity transmission and distribution reform” is a general term referring to the restructuring of power providers’ grid access, networking, and power transmission, as well as sales and services — originally scheduled to begin this year. But on July 1, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission and NDRC announced that the reform was being temporarily shelved.
The Three Gorges tax revolt
(August 19, 2009) Chinese citizens are beginning to ask questions about the official estimates and management of the Three Gorges dam.
Flood torrents pass Three Gorges Dam safely
(August 7, 2009) Photographs taken on August 6, 2009 show a panorama of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in Yichang City of central China’s Hubei Province, include shots of the flood waters moving through the dam.
Call for cooperation in fish conservation related to Dams (Chinese sturgeon)
Hi, here is Dr. Parker Stone in China Three Gorges University call for international cooperation.
More than 37,000 Chinese dams could collapse from excess rain
(August 5, 2009) Earthquake damaged many dams in Sichuan (where more than 90 per cent of China’s dams are located). Monsoon rains are becoming increasingly powerful. Emergency plans are lacking. This summer could bring dangers.
Fatal Mudslides in Southern and Central China
(August 3, 2009) Over the past four days, torrentials rains have caused havock in central and southern China killing a dozen people.
Heavy Rains Create Mudslides and Mine Flooding in China
(July 25, 2009) A major rainstorm swept through central Hunan Province yesterday killing at least 14 people and forcing another 30,000 from their homes.
Xiluodu Hydropower Project Draws Auditors’ Criticism
(July 21, 2009) The Xiluodu hydropower project, China’s second-largest hydropower station, is under fire from government auditors for weak spending controls, costly contract alterations to speed up the project and other problems.
Three Gorges Water Control Project Feasibility Study
(March 27, 1988) The following are links to PDF files containing the full text of each volume of the Three Gorges Water Control Project Feasibility Study
Four people dead, 53 missing in China landslide
(July 23, 2009) A number of workers at the construction site of the Changhe hydroelectric dam on the Dadu river were killed in a recent landslide. According to the government, heavy rains triggered the landslide in a remote and mountainous area of southwest China.
Safety concerns at huge China dam project: auditor
(July 21, 2009) Developers building one of the world’s biggest hydropower projects in southwest China are taking dangerous shortcuts, state media reported Tuesday, citing the national auditor.
China’s Three Gorges Dam, by the Numbers
(June 9, 2006) Using enough explosives to level 400 ten-story buildings, China demolished the last barrier holding back the mighty Yangtze River from the Three Gorges Dam on Tuesday, according to government- controlled media.
Critics say price of China’s Three Gorges dam too high
(May 20, 2006) China hails the Three Gorges dam, which it completed Saturday, as the solution to a series of national problems, but critics say the price is too high.
China’s 3 Gorges Raises Questions for Future Dams
(May 15, 2006) With the last of the concrete being poured nearly a decade after China stemmed the flow of the Yangtze River to begin work, environmentalists say it should provide a cautionary tale to an energy-hungry government pushing similar hydropower dam projects.
Three Dams Project
(July 14, 2009) China has undertaken the greatest project since the erection of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal — the Three Gorges Dam project. The Three Gorges Dam will be the largest hydropower station and dam in the world, with a 1.2 mile stretch of concrete and a 370 mile-long reservoir and 525 feet deep.
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