Itaipu Dam

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arch dam binational infrastructure project gravity dam hydroelectric power plant

Itaipu Dam is a massive hydroelectric power plant on the Brazil–Paraguay border, once the world’s largest in installed capacity and still one of the most important sources of renewable energy in South America.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Itaipu Dam canonical 5
Itaipu (former island in the Paraná River) 1
Itaipu Binacional 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
binational infrastructure project ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
annualGeneration_TWh around 90 ⓘ
commissioningEndDate 1991 ⓘ
commissioningStartDate 1984 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1975 ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
damHeight_m 196 ⓘ
damLength_m 7919 ⓘ
energyType renewable energy ⓘ
exportsElectricityTo Brazil ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
formerTitle world’s largest hydroelectric power plant by installed capacity ⓘ
foundingTreatyDate 1973 ⓘ
foundingTreatyName Treaty of Itaipu ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
installedCapacity_MW 14000 ⓘ
locatedInState Paraná state ⓘ
surface form: Paraná (Brazilian state)
locatedNearCity Ciudad del Este ⓘ
Foz do Iguaçu ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween Brazil ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Paraná River ⓘ
namedAfter Itaipu Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Itaipu (former island in the Paraná River)
numberOfTurbines 20 ⓘ
openingDate 1984 ⓘ
operator Itaipu Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Itaipu Binacional
owner Brazil ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
percentageOfElectricitySupplyForBrazil around 15 ⓘ
percentageOfElectricitySupplyForParaguay over 70 ⓘ
primaryEnergySource hydropower ⓘ
projectAgreementSignedBy Brazil ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
recordAnnualGeneration_TWh 103.1 ⓘ
recordAnnualGenerationYear 2016 ⓘ
reservoirArea_km2 1350 ⓘ
reservoirName Itaipu Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Itaipu Reservoir
secondaryPurpose flood control ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
surpassedBy Three Gorges Dam ⓘ
surpassedByYear 2012 ⓘ
turbineCapacity_MW 700 ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
UNESCOStatus on tentative list for World Heritage Site (Brazil) ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paraná River → hasDam → Itaipu Dam ⓘ
Paraná River → hasDam → Itaipu Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric plant
Itaipu Dam → operator → Itaipu Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itaipu Binacional
Itaipu Dam → reservoirName → Itaipu Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itaipu Reservoir
Itaipu Dam → namedAfter → Itaipu Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itaipu (former island in the Paraná River)
Foz do Iguaçu → hasAttraction → Itaipu Dam ⓘ
Foz do Iguaçu → near → Itaipu Dam ⓘ
La Plata Basin → hydropowerPlant → Itaipu Dam ⓘ
Ciudad del Este → locatedNear → Itaipu Dam ⓘ