The Engineering Marvel That China Hopes Will Help Wean It Off Foreign Energy

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China has begun the construction of a giant hydropower project at the earthquake-prone edge of the Tibetan plateau, a spectacular engineering feat that is central to Beijing’s enduring mission to become self-sufficient in critical areas such as energy.

The $167 billion facility will require digging tunnels that plunge through high mountains to harness the power of a river that sharply descends through the deepest and possibly longest canyon on the planet.

“It’s super clever,” said Ruth Gamble, an environmental historian at La Trobe University in Australia who studies Himalayan rivers. “I don’t like dams, but as far as dams go it avoids all the wrong stuff.”

Source: Wikipedia