China is no stranger to massive civil engineering projects, but its latest hydropower effort is impressively large, even by ...

China has begun construction on the world's largest hydropower dam, a project so massive that Premier Li Qiang called it the "project of the century." But the dam could also create a big problem for ...

In its current form, the nation's electric grid largely doesn't store energy. The vast majority of electricity generated by ...

Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. The Green River Reservoir cast its spell on Bryn Davis five years ago, and he and his family have been back every ...

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 concept of building your own hydroelectric generator seems simple at face value: use gravity to impart as much force as possible onto a turbine, which spins a generator, thus generating ...