Itaipu Binacional Tourism, Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná, Brazil
In agreement between Brazil and Paraguay, in 1973, the two countries assumed the mission to change the course of the Paraná River to produce energies. They were, in fact, changing the course of two-nation history, bringing development, technology, and innovation.
Ten years later, the operation of the turbines began, which since then have generated 2.4 billion megawatt hours of energy (until November 2016). To give you an idea, if this energy could be accumulated, it would be enough to supply the whole world for 40 days, two hours and 45 minutes.
All this energy produced guarantees to Itaipu Binacional the title of the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world in clean and renewable energy generation. Although China’s Three Gorges plant is larger in infrastructure, with an installed capacity of 22,500 MW of power while Itaipu has a capacity of 14,000 MW, Binacional continues to record highs.
Only in 2014 did the Chinese exceed the production of the Brazilian-Paraguayan hydroelectric plant. In 2015, Itaipu regained the lead and in 2016, everything indicates that it should continue to lead. The plant currently lives its best productive phase.
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