Across the world, large dams stand as some of humanity’s most ambitious engineering achievements. They are built not only to generate electricity, but to control floods, support agriculture, and ...

Thousands of miles from China’s populous coastline, a sharp bend in a remote Himalayan river is set to become the centerpiece of one of the country’s most ambitious – and controversial – ...

China’s intentions to dam the Yarlung Tsangpo River in eastern Tibet have been documented for well over a decade, with various iterations of the project proposal holding different timelines, costs, ...

The new year has not been kind to the hydroelectric-dam industry. On January 11th, the New York Times reported that Mosul Dam, the largest such structure in Iraq, urgently requires maintenance to ...

Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed calling it a "great achievement for all black people" despite years of diplomatic rancour ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated Africa’s largest dam to boost the economy, end frequent blackouts and support the growth of electric vehicle development in a country that ...

Discover the monumental dams currently under construction, including the expansion of Gross Reservoir in the US and the world's most powerful hydropower station, Baihetan Dam.

HORNBROOK, Calif. — The Iron Gate Dam, one of four dams on the Klamath River, will be removed in 2023. It will be the largest dam removal in U.S. history. For Pachomio Feliz, the waters of the Klamath ...

As a group of Indigenous teenagers and young adults neared the end of a historic, long-awaited first journey down the newly restored Klamath River, CNN caught up with a few of the participants. Over a ...