Amid chronic power outages, Tajikistan has embarked on the revival of a Soviet-era mega-project to build the world's highest dam. First planned in 1976, the Rogun Hydropower Project was abandoned due ...

China has given the green light for the construction of the world’s largest dam, set to be the most significant infrastructure project on the planet. The dam will be built on the Brahmaputra River in ...

China is now the world’s most dammed country, with more large dams in operation than the rest of the world combined.

Despite continued opposition, the World Bank has approved the first of five mega dams projects expected to get its support.

Hoover Dam stands today as one of the ten greatest Civil Engineering feats of the 20th Century. When built, it was the tallest dam in the world and was surpassed in size only by the pyramids of Egypt.

The Oroville dam is 770 feet high and it is the tallest one in the US. "Immediate evacuation from the low levels of Oroville and areas downstream is ordered," authorities posted on social media.

Amid chronic power outages, Tajikistan has embarked on the revival of a Soviet-era mega-project to build the world's highest dam. First planned in 1976, the Rogun Hydropower Project was abandoned ...