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The Engineering Marvel That China Hopes Will Help Wean It Off Foreign Energy
China has begun construction of a $167 billion hydropower facility on Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River that would generate triple the output of the Three Gorges Dam. The project employs a run-of-the-river design, drilling deep tunnels through mountains to bypass the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, where ...
China has begun construction of a $167 billion hydropower facility on Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River that would generate triple the output of the Three Gorges Dam. Water diverted through the tunnels will drive turbines at both ends without creating a large reservoir. A $7 billion transmission network will deliver electricity to Guangdong province, Hong Kong, and Macau.
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