, China

Massive Tibetan hydropower dam to go online in October

The Pondo Water Control Project is Tibet’s equivalent of the Three Gorge Dam.

The largest water control project in the Tibet Autonomous Region is expected to start generating electricity this year. Construction of the Pondo Water Control Project located on the Lhasa River has gone as scheduled and will begin operation in October.

Construction on the massive project began in 2008 with an investment of US$728 million It is expected to be totally completed by 2016.

Consisting of a reservoir and a power station, the project is designed to irrigate 43,520 hectares of farmland and generate 599 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually upon completion.

Join Asian Power community
Since you're here...

...there are many ways you can work with us to advertise your company and connect to your customers. Our team can help you dight and create an advertising campaign, in print and digital, on this website and in print magazine.

We can also organize a real life or digital event for you and find thought leader speakers as well as industry leaders, who could be your potential partners, to join the event. We also run some awards programmes which give you an opportunity to be recognized for your achievements during the year and you can join this as a participant or a sponsor.

Let us help you drive your business forward with a good partnership!

Exclusives

Singapore's hydrogen gas turbine market heats up
The city-state’s hydrogen-powered plants are expected to cut its carbon emissions. 
Project
Eyes on nuclear, hybrid power in 2025
There is nuclear resurgence in Japan and Korea, and high battery storage demand in India.
Power Utility
Indonesia leads race to build SMRs in Southeast Asia
The Philippines and Thailand are also pushing the tech but they haven’t made much progress.
Cambodia urged to rethink its costly LNG ambitions
It should learn from peers who struggle to fuse the costly fuel into their energy systems.