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Oct
11

World largest Hydroelectric is Itaipu in Brazil

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The Itaipu Bi-national is the largest hydroelectricity producer in the world.

It`s embedded in the border of Brazil x Paraguay the dam is located on the Paraná River.

A few numbers:

  • Production in 2010: 85.970.018 megawatts-hour
  • Production record (september 2008): 94,684,781 megawatts-hour
  • There are 20 generator units.
  • Largest hydroelectric power plant regarding generation of energy.

Left side of the Itaipu dam, the largest hydroelectric generator in the world.

Right hand side of the Itaipu dam, pipes that feed water to generator unit.This 2 pictures above shows the white pipes (20 total), each one brings water from the lake to one generation unit. The picture below gives a better idea how the first two pictures connect to each other.

Nice 360 view of the Itaipu dam.

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Tags: foz do iguacu, Iguacu falls, itaipu

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Sep
03

Crowded small airport in Foz do Iguacu happens in Brazil

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There are plenty of good thing that happens in Brazil, but beware that you may need a lot of patience when you decide to fly.

I flew home(Curitiba) today from Foz do Iguaçu where the Iguacu falls are located at, and which is considered as a great natural wonder of the world.

 

This was the first time I went there by plane(it’s a 7/8 hour drive), and couldn’t resist to take this pic to show yall how “big” the boarding room is.

There are 3 gates, with no fingers to protect passengers from bad weather. Off course there isn’t enough sits to everyone.

I felt ashamed for that situation. A country that will hold FIFA’s 2014 world cup should be getting ready to received all tourists with a lot of respect and well structured.

Tags: Iguacu falls, Iguassu Falls, Iguazu falls

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