06-16-2011, 09:35 PM
How Siberia will feed power-hungry China
Daniel Sandford visits Oleg Deripaska's dam near Kodinsk in Siberia
One of Russia's richest men, Oleg Deripaska, is investing billions of dollars in new hydro-power dams in remotest Siberia, to export the electricity to China and cash in on its booming economy. The BBC's Daniel Sandford visits his latest project.
To get to the Boguchanskaya dam in eastern Siberia, you have to fly for 90 minutes in a small twin-propeller aircraft from the nearest city.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13782406
Daniel Sandford visits Oleg Deripaska's dam near Kodinsk in Siberia
One of Russia's richest men, Oleg Deripaska, is investing billions of dollars in new hydro-power dams in remotest Siberia, to export the electricity to China and cash in on its booming economy. The BBC's Daniel Sandford visits his latest project.
To get to the Boguchanskaya dam in eastern Siberia, you have to fly for 90 minutes in a small twin-propeller aircraft from the nearest city.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13782406