Trips to Paraguay

Itaipú is the greater hydroelectric power station of the world.

Location: One is on the Parana river in the border between Paraguay and Brazil and provides electrical energy to countries both.

When it was constructed: It began to be constructed in 1974 and was finished in 1991. At the end of the decade of the 70, when the construction was in its maximum apogee, Itaipú employed 40,000 people.

Characteristics: Its total power is of 12.6 GW and the annual production of 75,000 electrical energy is of GWh.

The dimensions of the prey are gigantic:

The prey in himself has 220 ms of stop, 872 ms of length and counts on 14 garbage dumps that act like artificial cataracts.

The lake has 170 km in length and one approximated depth of 100 meters.
According to technical studies, the amount of cement used in the plant would be sufficient to construct all the buildings of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Illumination: The project of illumination realized in the prey of Itaipú, one of the majors modern engineer installations of the world, is a spectacle of light and sound of forced visit for thousands of tourists.

Visits: In the last 20 years, more than 9 million tourists of 164 nationalities have visited the hydroelectric plant in the heat of operation. The itinerary includes a visit to the central control room.

In center of reception, to the entrance of the prey, it is possible to document itself on the history of the construction and the operations of plant through a film of 30 minutes. The reception center abre of Monday to Saturday to the 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00 in the morning; and to the 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00 of afternoon.