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Itaipu Dam, Brazil & Paraguay
Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil25.41°S 54.59°W
computed criticality17/100
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14 GW; ~2nd-largest hydro plant, supplies much of Paraguay and southern Brazil
2024Fault line
Itaipu, on the Parana, powers almost all of Paraguay and a major share of Brazil. Its output depends on basin hydrology, exposed to recurrent droughts that have lowered the river.
Actors
Itaipu Binacional
Eletrobras
ANDE (Paraguay)
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