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Itaipu Dam
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Itaipu Dam

World's largest hydroelectric plant, situated on the Paraná River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. A joint Brazilian-Paraguayan venture, it came into operation in 1984 and has a capacity of 12,600 megawatts. It supplies hydroelectricity to a wide area, including most of Paraguay and the industrial areas of southern Brazil.



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Large dams--those at least 45 feet high, such as the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and the Itaipu Dam on the Parana.
DAM-BUILDING DECISIONS by Black, Harvey / Environmental Health Perspectives
The increase in adjusted EBITDA in 2005 primarily reflects past costs now being recovered (including Itaipu energy purchases, ESS (System Service Charge), and CDE (Energy Development Account)) and a temporary favorable above-average spread between sale tariffs and energy purchases.
Fitch Upgrades Eletropaulo; Assigns 'B' to Proposed US$200MM Issuance by Business Wire
Positively, power purchase agreements with generators other than Itaipu (USD denominated) are also adjusted each July, mitigating the lag effect with respect to those purchases.
Fitch Upgrades Eletropaulo to `B-' and `BB/bra' After Restructuring by Business Wire
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