Month: <span>March 2014</span>

NGOs Meet with the China Three Gorges Corporation on Russian Projects

The International Rivers’ China Program and expert from Rivers without Boundaries Coalition (RwB) on March 20, 2014 met with China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) and discussed interaction with NGOs, standards for overseas investment and possible involvement of the CTGC in the Amur river basin. All relevant departments of CTGC were …

Oxford Scientists came to the conclusion that large dams are uneconomic

Apparently Boguchansky Hydro on Angara River that was completed with making such colossal debts that the electricity price regulation in Russia was changed  to allow owners (Rushydro and Rusal) to avoid financial catastrophe is not an exception but follows common rule. Large dams do not make sense in modern economic …

Russian Hydropower Project to Destroy Lao’s Xekong River and forest Ecosystems

Russian Inter RAO State Company joins multintional group of “hydropowers” destroying natural riches and local livelihods in the Mekong River Basin. According to Vientiane Times a Russian company will invest some US $850 million in the construction of the Xekong 5 Hydropower Project in Xekong province. A memorandum of understanding …