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Itaipu Dam
Itaipu is an important example of cross-border energy provision and engineering at scale. A full account also includes social and environmental consequences and the rights of affected communities.
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Facts
- Place
- Foz do Iguaçu and Hernandarias, Brazil and Paraguay
- Civilisation / patron
- Brazilian–Paraguayan cooperation
- Built
- 1975 – 1984
- Status
- Still standing
- Height
- 196 m
- Seven Wonders of the Modern World (ASCE)
History
The Itaipu Dam was built on the Paraná as a joint project of Brazil and Paraguay. The complex combines concrete and earth sections with a large hydroelectric power station; its first generating units began supplying electricity in 1984. Further generators later expanded production, making it one of the world’s major hydroelectric installations. The reservoir flooded extensive areas, displaced residents and submerged the Guaíra Falls.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Itaipudam