Itaipu Reservoir
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| Egypt pyramid, suspension gardens
of Babilonia, Artemisa temple, Statue of Zeus in the Olimpo,
Coloso of Rodas, lighthouse of Alejandría and the
Mausoleum of Halicarnaso.
These constructions were selected as the seven wonders
of the antique world by the greek Antípater in the
240 year a.c.
After 2.235 years, in 1995 the North American Association
of civil engineers chooses the seven marvelous of the modern
world.
Specialists of the five continents considered the golden
Gate bridge, the Panama channel, the Euro tunnel, the Empire
State building, the National Canadian tower, the project
of control of water of the North sea and a project that
is a proud for the Brazilians and Paraguayans: the Binational
hydroelectric reservoir of Itaipu, the biggest in the world
of energy production.
Situated on the Paraná River in Foz do Iguazu, Itaipú
has become as a world reference in the use of the fluvial
waters to generate electricity. Its turbines produce 25%
of the energy that is consumed in Brazil and 95% in Paraguay.
Synonym of gigantism, its numbers causes impression. To
have an idea, the exact volume of concrete used in the construction
of the reservoir could be used to build 210 stadiums like
the Maracaná, while the iron and the steel used would
be enough to build 380 times the Eiffel Tower.
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ITAIPU DAM
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As Energy Supplier |
What concerns to the generation of energy
the results of the hydroelectric are not minors. Itaipu
has a capacity of 12.600 megawatts, potency divided in 18
generating units.
In the year that celebrates 30 years of the signature of
the treaty, Itaipú is working in the installation
of two new turbines that, added to the 18 actual ones, are
going to expand the potency of the reservoir up to 14 millions
of kilowatts; this will prevent Brazil of having any kind
of power cuts.
The lake that provides water to the reservoir has 170 kilometers
of extension and 29 billions of cubic meters of water, idea
of the militars that resulted in floods and and killed a
natural wonder, the “Salto de las Siete Caídas”,
of Guaíra.
To compensate the visitors of Foz won an attraction. Meeting
Itaipú is discovering a story where more than 40
thousand people worked per day and night in order to dominate
the rough water of the Paraná river.
Besides, in the Waterfalls, the water is protagonist of
another spectacle in the interior of the reservoir. When
the door is opened, the flow is 40 times superior to the
volume of water thrown by the Cataratas of the Iguazú
River.
Visiting Itaipú is also a testimony of the capacity
of the human beings to reach the impossible. Work without
comparison in the world engineering, the hydroelectric that
started in 1975 can be contemplated as a monument to the
creative talent of the humanity in the XX century.
To attend the number of visitors, Itaipú made an
important high inversion in the touristic complex. The direction
of the hydroelectric in the first month of the 2003 reformed
the Center of Reception of Visitors and the reservoir has
obtained attractions, such as night illumination.
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Visits to Binational Itaipu |
LaThe visits to Itaipu are divided in touristics,
specials and technicals, the last one only for professionals
of the area.
For the common tourist the best is to reserve a special
visit that includes visits to the central viewpoints and
the door, besides, a visit to the building of hydroelectric
production.
• Address: centre of reception of visitors, Tancredo
Avenue 6.702
• Touristic Visit: for everyone, it is not necessary
to arrange it. From Monday to Saturday, at 8,9,10,14,15
and 15.30.
• Special Visits: for adults of 12 years old, with
a maximum of 12 people per group. From Monday to Friday,
at 9 am and 3 pm.
• Technical visit (must be required previously): for
professionals and authorities. From Monday to Friday at
8 am and 2 pm.
For extra information and reservation, please contact us
to 55 (045) 520-6984, 520-6985 and 520-6988, or sending
an e-mail to rp@itaipu.gov.br,
or directly visiting our website: www.itaipu.gov.br
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