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WORLD: we got this with Esau Williams: Dam clever: is world's biggest hydro scheme a good idea? The proposed Grand Inga dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo would be the largest power station in the world - if its ever built. With twice the output of China's Three Gorges, the dam could pot...

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The proposed Grand Inga dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo would be the largest power station in the world, if built.

But after decades of delay, investors withdrawing, environmental concerns, and its ballooning $80bn price tag, does the dream still hold water?

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10.03.2025 12:16 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2

Map: Global distribution of reservoirs and river barriers in GDW v1 database

New Database Provides World's Most Comprehensive Data on River Barriers and Reservoirs www.worldwildlife.org/press-releas...

Paper by Lehner et al doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Global Dam Watch (GDW) v1 consensus global database www.globaldamwatch.org/database (CC BY)

#geospatial #opendata

09.10.2024 17:36 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

GlobalDamWatch.org Global Dam Watch is an international collaboration which aims to improve our understanding of the costs and benefits of dams to our world by providing open access data and tools focused on dams and re...

Explore the Global Dam Watch database to continue diving deeper into large-scale dam and reservoir data (2/2): www.globaldamwatch.org

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23.02.2025 11:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🌍 This Week’s Dams in the News Roundup!

Curious about the latest updates on dams around the world? Click to halt and watch the full video to discover key highlights and attributes of dams that made the news this past week! (1/2)

23.02.2025 11:22 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

GlobalDamWatch.org Global Dam Watch is an international collaboration which aims to improve our understanding of the costs and benefits of dams to our world by providing open access data and tools focused on dams and re...

Visit Global Dam Watch (GDW) to discover more (3/3): www.globaldamwatch.org

#KamchayDam #Hydropower #Cambodia #Dams #WaterManagement #OpenData

21.02.2025 13:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are you interested in exploring hydropower developments across Southeast Asia? Global Dam Watch provides powerful tools to explore dam locations, attributes such as reservoir storage capacity and allows for calculating a range of analysis and custom metrics. (2/3)

21.02.2025 13:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Dam of the Week: Kamchay Dam, Cambodia

The dam in spotlight this week is Kamchay Dam in the Kamchay River basin in Cambodia. Operational from 2011, Kamchay Dam is Cambodia’s first ever large-scale hydropower project, with a HEP generating capacity of 193 MW. (1/3)

21.02.2025 13:16 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

🌍 Dams in the News Roundup From This Past Week

Watch the full video to learn more about these dams and their attributes, and explore the global dam watch database to dive deeper into large-scale dam and reservoir data: www.globaldamwatch.org

#Dams #Hydropower #Water #News #OpenData

09.02.2025 15:29 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

🌍 Dams in the News Roundup From This Past Week

Watch the full video to learn more about these dams and their attributes, and explore the global dam watch database to dive deeper into large-scale dam and reservoir data: www.globaldamwatch.org

#Dams #Hydropower #Water #News #OpenData

09.02.2025 15:29 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

GlobalDamWatch.org Global Dam Watch is an international collaboration which aims to improve our understanding of the costs and benefits of dams to our world by providing open access data and tools focused on dams and re...

To access and analyse large-scale data of the region and dam infrastructure, explore the Global Dam Watch database and its various metrics and calculations (3/3): www.globaldamwatch.org

#FarmersPondDam #DamRemoval #WaterManagement #OpenData #Dam #Water

07.02.2025 19:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration and ResilientMass as part of a broader initiative for evaluating the risks and assessing the potential for dam removal. (2/3)

07.02.2025 19:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Dam of the Week: Farmers Pond Dam, United States

Attleboro City is receiving funding from the state to conduct a removal preliminary design study for the Farmers Pond Dam in the city. It is one among the eight dams in Massachusetts to get a share of $400,000 in funding from the Mass. (1/3)

07.02.2025 19:32 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

GlobalDamWatch.org Global Dam Watch is an international collaboration which aims to improve our understanding of the costs and benefits of dams to our world by providing open access data and tools focused on dams and re...

Visit our database and tools here (4/4): www.globaldamwatch.org
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31.01.2025 18:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Interested in exploring the attributes of the region's existing dam infrastructure, reservoir storage capacity and hydrology? Global Dam Watch provides access to large-scale historical and real-time dam and reservoir data. (3/4)

31.01.2025 18:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The plan has faced financial and logistical challenges over the years, with the recent development being the withdrawal of China’s Three Gorges Corporation from the project. (2/4)

31.01.2025 18:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Grand Inga Dam, planned on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has long been envisioned as the world’s largest hydroelectric project, capable of generating up to 40,000 MW, more than twice the capacity of China’s Three Gorges Dam. (1/4)

31.01.2025 18:26 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

GlobalDamWatch.org Global Dam Watch is an international collaboration which aims to improve our understanding of the costs and benefits of dams to our world by providing open access data and tools focused on dams and re...