Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant
hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay
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Summary
Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant is an embankment dam[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of embankment dam entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,394 views/month, #1 of 241).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hernandarias District[3], Foz do Iguaçu[4]
- Country: Brazil[5], Paraguay[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Paraná River[7]
- Instance of: transborder building[8], buttress dam[9], gravity dam[10], hydroelectric power station[11]
- Architect: Brasil-Paraguay Mixed Technical Commission[12]
- Owned by: Itaipú Binacional[13]
- Operator: Itaipú Binacional[14]
- Part of: Seven Wonders of the Modern World[15]
- Commons category: Itaipu Dam[16]
- Inception: 1970[17]
- Located in/on physical feature: Paraná River[18]
- Official website: https://www.itaipu.gov.py[19], https://www.itaipu.gov.br[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Itaipu Dam[21]
- Described at URL: https://www.gihub.org/connectivity-across-borders/case-studies/itaipu-hydroelectric-dam/[22]
- Date of official opening: November 7, 1982[23]
- Length: 7700 m[24]
- Nominal power output: 14,000 MW[25]
- Connects with: Itaipu right bank substation[26], Foz do Iguaçu substation and converter station[27]
- Annual energy output: 103.098 terawatt-hour[28], 96.387 terawatt-hour[29], 96.585596 terawatt-hour[30], 76.382 terawatt-hour[31], 66.369 terawatt-hour[32]
- Drainage basin: Río de la Plata Basin[33]
- Reservoir created: Itaipu Reservoir[34]
- Social media followers: 22,728[35]
- P14541: 3iJh2G[36], Dksht[37]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant include Itaipu[38], a musical work/composition[39].
Why It Matters
Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include Itaipu[38], a musical work/composition[39].