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.

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.

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