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Itaipu Binacional
Itaipu Binacional is a binational operating company[wp] that operates the dam[wp] and hydroelectric power plant[wp] on the Paraná River[wp] on the border between Paraguay[wp] and Brazil[wp]. The power plant was commissioned in 1984 after more than 10 years of construction. The project cost a total of 19.6 billion US dollars.[1]
Operation
In 2016, 3,038 people were employed at the dam, 1,371 on the Brazilian side and 1,667 on the Paraguayan side.[2]
The central control room is located exactly on the demarcation line between Brazil and Paraguay, which is marked on the floor. The purely Brazilian and Paraguayan operating teams alternate in shifts. Visitors can take a look into the control room from a gallery.
Central control room
View of the control room
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Geographical location
The plant is located in the Itaipu suburb of the Paraguayan city of Hernandarias[wp], 15 kilometres north of the city of Ciudad del Este[wp], which is connected to the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu[wp] via the Friendship Bridge[wp].[3]
Eleven kilometres south of Ciudad del Este lies Triple Frontier[wp], the border triangle between the three countries of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
References
- ↑ The Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam Project, Brazil, retrieved on 27 October 2021
- ↑ Itaipu Binacional: Number of employees, Press release from December 2016, accessed on 17 February 2017
- ↑ Official names of the bridge: Puente Internacional de la Amistad (Spanish) and Ponte Internacional da Amizade (Portuguese)
Internal links
- Binational Corporation Yacyretá
- Binational Corporation Enerhodar
- Binational Corporation Nova Kakhovka
External links
- Wikipedia has an article about Itaipu Dam
- www.itaipu.gov.br Page of the Brazilian state about Itaipu (Portuguese, Spanish and English)
- www.itaipu.gov.py Page of the Paraguayan state about Itaipu (Spanish, Portuguese and English)