The Three Gorges Dam was built on the Yangtze River and is known as the most powerful dam by hydroelectric capacity to date.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region ...

In August 2024, the Klamath River in Northern California flowed freely for the first time in over a century. The world’s largest dam removal project—demolishing four hydroelectric dams—marked a ...

The Karkheh Dam is one of the biggest earthen dams in the world and the largest in Iran and the Middle East, according to ...

After decades of planning and years of construction, Northern Colorado's Chimney Hollow Dam is nearly complete. Construction crews topped off the 350-foot-tall dam recently and are preparing to pave a ...