China building a single dam that can power all of the UK

[retaxis]

China has officially started construction on the Motuo Hydropower Station (also referred to as the Yarlung Zangbo or Lower Yarlung Tsangpo mega-dam project) in Tibet. [1, 2, 3]

• Project Scale & Output: The project consists of five cascade hydropower stations designed to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually with an installed capacity of 60 gigawatts. [1, 2, 3]
• The Britain Comparison: This 300 billion kWh annual power output is roughly equivalent to the total annual electricity consumption of the entire United Kingdom (Britain). [1, 2, 3]
• Compared to the Three Gorges Dam: It will generate nearly three to four times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam (China's current record holder) and is built at an estimated cost of $167 billion to $170 billion. [1, 2, 3]
• Design & Engineering: Instead of relying on a massive traditional surface reservoir, engineers are utilizing massive underground tunnels to drop the river water through a 2,000-meter elevation plunge near the Great Bend of the Yarlung Zangbo River. [1, 2, 3]
• Geopolitics & Concerns: Downstream neighbors India and Bangladesh have raised serious alarms regarding seismic risks in the Himalayas and potential Chinese control over water flows into the Brahmaputra River. [1, 2, 3]

 

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[ety]

I don't know why the Indians are crying, it has nothing to do with them.

 

[retaxis]

I don't know why the Indians are crying, it has nothing to do with them.

they cry about everything because thats what powerless people do, cry and cry lol.

They then turn around and threaten pakistan water, some countries do not know shame.

 

[atmi_bum]

I don't know why the Indians are crying, it has nothing to do with them.

It just shows you know absolutely nothing about this project or India's objections to it.

they cry about everything because thats what powerless people do, cry and cry lol.

They then turn around and threaten pakistan water, some countries do not know shame.

I suggest you go lecture Pakistan; they seem powerless too. They constantly complain about India stealing their water. Perhaps China should build them the dams and reservoirs so the water they do get doesn't get frittered away.

 

[ety]

It just shows you know absolutely nothing about this project or India's objections to it.


I suggest you go lecture Pakistan; they seem powerless too. They constantly complain about India stealing their water. Perhaps China should build them the dams and reservoirs so the water they do get doesn't get frittered away.

Your country has water distribution agreement with Pakistan and you people want to break it, lol.

 

[cir]

The Three Gorges Dam was built at a cost of some 30 billion US dollars instead of the 170B quoted in the article.

 

[cir]

The total investments in building the Motuo Hydropower station are projected to be some 170 billion USDs at current exchange rates.

 

[Feroze]

China has officially started construction on the Motuo Hydropower Station (also referred to as the Yarlung Zangbo or Lower Yarlung Tsangpo mega-dam project) in Tibet. [1, 2, 3]

• Project Scale & Output: The project consists of five cascade hydropower stations designed to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually with an installed capacity of 60 gigawatts. [1, 2, 3]
• The Britain Comparison: This 300 billion kWh annual power output is roughly equivalent to the total annual electricity consumption of the entire United Kingdom (Britain). [1, 2, 3]
• Compared to the Three Gorges Dam: It will generate nearly three to four times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam (China's current record holder) and is built at an estimated cost of $167 billion to $170 billion. [1, 2, 3]
• Design & Engineering: Instead of relying on a massive traditional surface reservoir, engineers are utilizing massive underground tunnels to drop the river water through a 2,000-meter elevation plunge near the Great Bend of the Yarlung Zangbo River. [1, 2, 3]
• Geopolitics & Concerns: Downstream neighbors India and Bangladesh have raised serious alarms regarding seismic risks in the Himalayas and potential Chinese control over water flows into the Brahmaputra River. [1, 2, 3]

Good congratulations to see China rising quickly.

Perhaps China can build more nuclear power plants, do industrialization, and make dams in Pakistan.

 

[atmi_bum]

Your country has water distribution agreement with Pakistan and you people want to break it, lol.

That's a different issue, but even if India gave Pakistan all the water it wants, it still needs to build dams and reservoirs to retain it.