Much more than the largest power plant in the world, Itaipu Binational It enchants not only for its gigantism, but for being at the forefront of social and environmental issues. There are many interesting facts about Itaipu Binacional!
In agreement between Brazil and Paraguay, in 1973, the two countries took on the mission of changing the course of the Paraná River to produce energy. But. they were, in fact, changing the course of the history of two nations, bringing development, technology and innovation.
Did you know that…
- The volume of concrete used in the construction of the hydroelectric plant (12,7 million m³) would be enough to build 210 football stadiums the size of Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro.
- The amount of iron and steel used would make it possible to build 380 Eiffel Towers.
- 1.350 km² is the size of the lake formed by the Itaipu reservoir, an area larger than the entire urban area of the city of São Paulo.
- 20 million native tree seedlings were planted in the reservoir's protection strip. It was the largest reforestation of its kind in the world.
- In a single day, November 14, 1978, Itaipu broke a South American record during the concreting of the dam, when 7.207 cubic meters of concrete equivalent to a ten-story building were poured into the project every hour. Or 24 buildings in the same day.
- The maximum flow of the Itaipu spillway (62,2 thousand cubic meters per second) is 40 times higher than the average flow of the Iguaçu Falls (1.500 cubic meters per second).
- 40 thousand workers participated in the construction of the plant at the height of the works.
- The height of the main dam (196 meters) corresponds to the height of a 65-story building.
- The flow of the plant's two turbines (700 cubic meters of water per second each) is equivalent to the average flow of the waterfalls of Iguaçu.
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