China's state planner has announced that the country will invest $4.6bn in a hydropower project spanning the regions of Sichuan and Tibet. The Lawa project on the upper reaches of the Jinsha river will have total installed capacity of 2,000 megawatts * The project, which is expected to be completed by 2025, would provide electricity for more than 10 million people living on either side of the Tibetan plateau.
China's state planner has announced that the country will invest $4.6bn in a hydropower project spanning the regions of Sichuan and Tibet. The project, which is expected to be completed by 2025, would provide electricity for more than 10 million people living on either side of the Tibetan plateau.