China Announces It will Build Controversial 60GW Mega-Dam in Tibet

Estimated $137B hydroelectric project, announced Dec. 25, would be three times larger than Three Gorges Dam and in region where 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurred on Jan 8—generating major concern from opponents and skepticism if China will sustain the investment as it faces an economic slowdown.

National Geographic - Big, Bigger, Biggest: Dam S02E08, 10032014

This fantastic documentary highlights key features and engineering design provided on the Three Gorges Dam in China ... the biggest hydroelectric project in the world. Also, five previous landmark dams are featured in the documentary, highlighting the technological advances and leaps they achieved in their time, and how they provide fundamental 'lessons learnt' that should be taken into account for design and construction of future Hydroelectric dams

Just Have a Think - Micro Hydropower : Turbulent Turbines, 07032021

Hydropower has been with us for millennia, but the 20th Century race to build huge centralised hydropower dams in many parts of the world has caused untold environmental damage. Now a new micro-hydropower technology is working with the natural flow of water and wildlife rather than against it, to bring much needed constant baseload power to off grid areas in remote areas of developing nations.