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Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam was recently officially inaugurated after 14 years and US$5 billion worth of project work.

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In the village of Ndji, old electrical cables are draped over rickety wooden poles, hanging so low in places, they touch the ...

The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin. Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, ...

Laos’ government has longstanding plans to turn the landlocked country of 8 million people into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting electricity generated by hydropower dams along the Mekong ...

The Tala Hydropower Plant continues to operate smoothly, with experts confirming that the dam remains safe and structurally ...

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