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Alarma por los planes de China de construir la presa más grande del mundo

By Jordi Bou

January 28, 2025 - El plan de Beijing de construir la mayor presa hidroeléctrica del mundo está causando preocupación sobre desplazamientos de comunidades en el Tíbet e impacto ambiental río abajo en India y Bangladesh.

The Medog dam, to be built in lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, could generate 60 gigawatts of electricity, nearly triple that of the Three Gorges Dam in central China – currently the world’s biggest.

The project aims to harness the river’s immense hydropower potential as it descends from the Tibetan Plateau, generating more than 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.

China says the project is a key part of its efforts to hit peak carbon emissions by 2035 and to become carbon neutral by 2060.

But India fears that the dam could cause floods and water scarcity, while giving China the upper hand in any possible military stand-off.

Shortly after announcing its plans for the Yarlung Tsangpo, Indian media reported that its government was exploring a 11-gigawatt hydropower dam in as a way of counteracting the impacts of the Chinese project

The project is expected to be as much as 1trn yuan ($137bn), which would make it the most expensive infrastructure project in the world.

Activists allege that the 193 hydropower projects built in Tibet since 2000 have led to serious environmental and human rights violations.

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PUBLISHED: 28/01/2025; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Newscom
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