Month: July 2020

Latest round of defamation to Three Gorges Dam shows lack of basic knowledge

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Chinese engineers and mechanics experts on Tuesday denounced a new round of Western media reports that hyped the Three Gorges Dam deformation rumor, saying the reports were taken out of context and exposed their anti-China mindset and lack of basic physics knowledge. Some Western media have never been so obsessed with a single dam, unless it was located in China. The Three Gorges Project on China’s Yangtze River has faced smears and rumors, and the “deformation theory” was just another groundless hype, after previous accusations like collapse risks, causing earthquakes…

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Dam collapse in China could point to “black swan” disaster

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The dam at a small reservoir in China’s Guangxi region gave way last month after days of heavy rain in a collapse that could be a harbinger of sterner tests for many of the country’s 94,000 aging dams as the weather gets more extreme. Located in Yangshuo county, famed for its otherworldly karst landscape, the dam collapsed at around midday on June 7, inundating roads, orchards and fields in Shazixi village, residents told Reuters. “I’ve never seen such flooding,” said villager Luo Qiyuan, 81, who helped build the dam decades…

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KenGen eyes floating solar plants in three hydropower dams

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State-owned Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is mulling a floating solar energy installation in three of its key hydropower dams, which experts say is a cheaper option for renewable energy than land-based solar farms. Norwegian firm Multiconsult said it will conduct a pre-feasibility study for floating solar PV (F-PV) potential on Kamburu, Kiambere and Turkwell reservoirs. Under the study funded by the German development bank KfW, Multiconsult said it will review the power infrastructure at the sites, assess hydro turbines characteristics, operation of the reservoirs, water flow patterns and power…

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Hydropower projects take CPEC program into full swing: experts

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The recently signed agreements in Pakistan for hydropower projects in connection with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) marked the beginning of a mature new phase for the program, which is under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to Chinese experts. The concessional agreement for the 700.7-MW Azad Pattan Hydropower Project was signed last week, a breakthrough for the implementation of the project, according to China Gezhouba Group, the Chinese investor in the project. With a total investment of $1.54 billion, the construction period of the project was expected…

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SEPCO cuts off PPP lawmaker’s power connection

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SUKKUR: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Zabardast Khan Mahar has moved court over cutting off electricity connection of his bungalow and issuance of a bill amounting to around Rs700,000 to him. A team of the Sukkur Electric Power Company (Sepco) conducted a raid on his bungalow in Khanpur Mahar town of Ghotki district on Friday to disconnect power supply to it. The team also handed over the bill to those present inside. Later, head of Sepco’s task force Aqeel Junejo, told the media that the electricity meter of the bungalow…

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