China is set to build the world's largest hydropower dam in the southern Tibet region, according to state media.
The government has on Wednesday approved the construction of the dam on the longest river in the region known as Yarlung Tsangpo River locally or the Xizang autonomous region.
The hydropower plant is expected to produce close to 300 billion kWh annually, outstripping the Three Gorges Dam.
"It is also of great importance for advancing the country's strategy for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and coping with global climate change," Beijing-based Xinhua News reported.
When completed, the project will produce 300 billion kWh of energy per year, three times more than the world's largest dam, Three Gorges, also in China, with a capacity of 88.2 billion kWh.
Beijing is going to spend more than 1 trillion yuan ($137 billion) on the new dam, which will become the world's largest single infrastructure project by far.
Originating in Tibet, the Yarlung Tsangpo River flows eastward into India and Bangladesh, where it is known as Brahmaputra.
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