Is Tajikistan's Mega-Dam Project Already Obsolete?

Building the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan to its maximum projected height and specifications would be an economic disaster for Central Asia’s poorest nation, and an environmental nightmare for the entire region, according to a newly published expert report. The advent of new technologies for electricity generation means that Tajikistan’s already decades-old mega project would be outdated before it became fully operational. The report, compiled by the Kazakhstan-based environmental organization Rivers Without Boundaries, is being distributed…