Sentence examples for large hydroelectric projects from inspiring English sources
It will also build on the large hydroelectric projects in northern Quebec, which are already a significant source of energy for the northeastern United States.
The analysis included a comparison with similar evaluations that were conducted for large hydroelectric projects: two hydropower dams on the Mekong River in Thailand, one multipurpose dam in Korea, and the Three Gorges Dam in China.
This is an area of high population density and intensive farming (vegetables, millet, sorghum, cotton, and maize), characterized by numerous irrigation schemes (damming of small artificial lakes for village-scale farming, the large hydroelectric projects of the Kompienga and Bagré lakes and associated extensive rice cultivation schemes).
In 1954 a large hydroelectric project was inaugurated at Owen Falls on the Nile near Jinja, and in 1962 a five-year development plan was announced.
For example, the government of Myanmar last week halted the construction of the Myitsone Dam in the country's north, a large hydroelectric project that was under construction along the Irawaddy River was to be completed in 2017.
In terms of power output, Itaipú Dam is one of the world's largest hydroelectric projects.
Bakhtyari Dam and Hydropower Plant Project is one of the largest hydroelectric projects in Iran.
The Waitaki River Power Development, which includes several large dams, is one of the largest hydroelectric projects in the nation.
Its Guri dam complex, built with postwar oil riches in the 1960s, ranks as one of the world's largest hydroelectric projects.
The Tehri Dam on the Bhagirathi River, conceived in the mid-20th century and begun in the 1970s, is one of the largest hydroelectric projects in Asia.
The Zambezi (meaning "Great River" in the language of the Tonga people) includes along its course the Victoria Falls, one of the world's greatest natural wonders, and the Kariba and Cahora Bassa dams, two of Africa's largest hydroelectric projects.
