The Itaipu Dam is
the largest operating hydroelectric facility, on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay,
in terms of annual generating capacity. It was generating 94.7 TWh in 2008
and 91.6 TWh in 2009. In 2008 the plant generated a record 94.68 billion
kWh, supplying 90% of the electricity consumed by Paraguay and 19% of that
consumed by Brazil. The Work of this mega project began
in February 1971.
Important features regarding this Dam
are:
2) 50 million tons of earth and rock were removed in the construction process for digging a 1.3-mile bypass.
4) Powerhouse of this dam is half a mile long, half underwater and containing 18 hydroelectric generators each 53 ft. across. Some 160 tons of water per second pour onto each turbine, generating 12,600 mega watts –enough to power most of California.
5) Itaipu currently supplies 28 percent of all the electric energy in Brazil’s south, southeast and central-west regions, and 72 percent of Paraguay’s total energy consumption.
6) The steel used in this is enough to make 300 Eiffel tower.
8) The
maximum flow of Itaipu's fourteen segmented spillways is 62.2 thousand cubic metres per second, into three skislope formed canals.
9) If Brazil were to use Thermal Power Generation to produce the electric power of Itaipu, 434,000 barrels (69,000 m3) of petroleum would have to be burned every day.
9) If Brazil were to use Thermal Power Generation to produce the electric power of Itaipu, 434,000 barrels (69,000 m3) of petroleum would have to be burned every day.
10)
The dam is 196 metres high.
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