Comments on: Itaipú

By: Roberto

Roberto — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 23:28:51 +0000

Correct spelling is Itaipu. There is no accent in final u’s in Portuguese (e.g., IguaÃ§u), but this is a spelling error commonly made in Brazil.

By: -edu-

-edu- — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:30:18 +0000

I wouldn’t say both countries spent equivalent funds. I’ve lived there for over 10 years and I don’t think Paraguay would have ever been capable of affording as much as half the expenses. Plus, Paraguay is far more underdeveloped than Brasil. Back when the Dam was being built, most of the machinery used was brought from Brazil and also designers and engineers were Brasilian. Paraguay provided the manual labor. It is said that Paraguayan cassualties during the building was as high as if there has been a war. Pretty amazing though… It would really be cool if they had the picture taken at night. Its really beautiful because they turn all the lights on.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:49:34 +0000

There are 18 turbines currently functional and two more to be installed. Paraguay only needs the energy produced by one of these turbines -as it is smaller and has other hydroelectric plants. The rest of the energy of the half that belongs to the country is sold to Brazil.

By: Manoel

Manoel — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:15:21 +0000

Another information. Half of the energy has frequency of 50Hz (for use in Paraguay), and the other half has frequency of 60Hz (use in Brazil).
About the division of the power, believe me, the brazilians are not frustrated with this.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:11:38 +0000

I wondered that too Spamboy, but presumably both countries spent equivalent funds on ItaipÃº, in which case I would have thought that Paraguay would be entitled to half the power.

By: Spamboy

Spamboy — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:56:39 +0000

When I travelled there, I remember hearing something about the dam frustrating Brazilians because the country of Paraguay enjoys such a large percentage of the power output in comparison to the number of people that actually need the power (Brazil, of course, being a more populous country).

By: Manoel

Manoel — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:31:43 +0000

ItaipÃº is amazing!!!! It makes a sea in the middle of the state.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 05:48:23 +0000

Yes, Alex, that is MUCH more interesting - look at the way the valley is just flooded out to it’s contours - looks like there are still some dead trees poking out of the water here - but I could be (and usually am) wrong
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By: Tggb3k

Tggb3k — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:49:01 +0000

That aught to show those whipper-snappers whats for! Thats what you guys get for not believing in GgSs.