Yangtze 'digital twin' helps mitigate impact of flooding

Since its first hydroelectric generator came online in 2003, the Three Gorges Project has generated over a trillion kilowatt-hours of low-carbon electricity.

In the process, the use of 528 million metric tons of coal has been averted and over a billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions mitigated.

Last year, joining these green credentials, a "digital twin" of the Three Gorges Dam and the entire Yangtze River, came online aiming to allow people to be more than a step ahead when it comes to flooding along Asia's longest watercourse.