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The Thirsty Dragon: Hydropower In China
March 21st, 2012
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how China, the world’s largest energy consumer, is pushing its renewable energy agenda by investing in hydropower. By 2015, the Chinese government expects that the country’s hydropower installed capacity will amount to 300 million kilowatts, thus reducing the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels. The following dams are […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Shrinking Depths Below
March 19th, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a report on the threats to underground water supplies in China’s arid north: Water stress in northern China is driving some of the biggest engineering projects in human history: pipelines to transfer billions of cubic metres of water from south to north, desalination plants to supply the east coast, proposals to pump […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Jiangxi Province Lobbies Hard for Damming of China’s Largest Freshwater Lake
March 16th, 2012
Courtesy of Xinhuanet.com, an article on Jiangxi Province’s efforts to develop a new water project on China’s largest freshwater lake: Officials from east China’s Jiangxi have been pushing for support of a water project at the mouth of China’s largest freshwater lake Poyang, but the potential impact of the project is still strongly disputed. On […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Calls On Myanmar To Restart Suspended $3.6 billion Power Dam Project
March 11th, 2012
Via The Washington Post, a report that China has called on Myanmar to restart a suspended $3.6 billion power dam project. As the article notes: “…Chinese officials have urged Myanmar’s government to restart a Chinese-backed multibillion-dollar power dam project that was suspended apparently without notice last year. China was caught off guard by September’s suspension […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s South-North Water Transfer Project – A Means to a Political End?
March 5th, 2012
From The Earth Institute’s State of the Planet blog, a look at the politics of China’s massive South-North water transfer project. As the article notes: The North China Plain is the cultural and historical core of China. It is no coincidence that the shores of the Yangzi and Yellow Rivers, between which much of this […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger and Thirsty Dragon: Indian Official Denies Claims Brahmaputra Levels Low
March 3rd, 2012
Via AFP News, a report analyzing recent claims that Chinese dams have caused Indian river levels to drop. As the article notes: Water levels of a major river flowing through India’s northeast are “normal,” an Indian government official said Friday, denying claims a dam in neighbouring China had caused them to plunge. The senior official […]
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