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Construction has officially commenced on what is set to become the world's largest hydropower dam, China's premier Li Qiang announced on July 19.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
As the six boaters set out on the road beside Fairview Dam in late June, about three-fourths of the river’s flow was being diverted into a tunnel and coursing through pipelines that snake along the steep-sided canyon to Southern California Edison’s Kern River No. 3 hydropower plant.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
The Philippines has advanced hydropower, geothermal, solar and other renewables ever since pioneering successes with geothermal energy in the 1990s.
—Allan Marks, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
As well as agriculture and drinking water, much of China is reliant on hydropower for electricity: Sichuan, in the southwest, gets 80% of its power from dams, meaning that droughts can lead to electricity shortages.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 June 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
As the six boaters set out on the road beside Fairview Dam in late June, about three-fourths of the river’s flow was being diverted into a tunnel and coursing through pipelines that snake along the steep-sided canyon to Southern California Edison’s Kern River No. 3 hydropower plant.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
The Philippines has advanced hydropower, geothermal, solar and other renewables ever since pioneering successes with geothermal energy in the 1990s.
—Allan Marks, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
As well as agriculture and drinking water, much of China is reliant on hydropower for electricity: Sichuan, in the southwest, gets 80% of its power from dams, meaning that droughts can lead to electricity shortages.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 June 2025
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“Hydropower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydropower. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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hydropower
noun
hy·dro·pow·er
ˈhī-drə-ˌpau̇(-ə)r 
: hydroelectric power
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