The opening of the floodgates at the Itaipú dam during the weekend is expected to bring some relief to the people along the Paraná river shores after 2023 also started with a downspout, although ...

The Itaipu dam has long been a sensitive issue in Paraguay’s relationship with Brazil. The dam, which is one of the world’s largest hydroelectric plants, generates around 14,000 megawatts of ...

The Itaipu Dam, a joint endeavor between Brazil and Paraguay, stands among the world’s most powerful hydroelectric projects. But beneath the accolades and awe lies a complex legacy of ...

In The Wall Street Journal, Bent Flyvbjerg and Atif Ansar write that the $20 billion cost of the Itaipu Dam impaired Brazil's finances for three decades.

This is untrue, Mr Gonzalez says, because Brazil only acted as a guarantor for the initial loans used to build the dam, but these loans are being paid with funds generated by Itaipu energy sales.

The dam has a capacity of 14 GW, which would be enough to power about half the state of California. Until this year, China's Three Gorges Dam, which generated 93.5 million MWh in 2016, ...

The Itaipu DamCaio Coronel/Itaipu The Itaipu Dam is the world's first hydroelectric plant to generate 100 million megawatts-hour (MWh) in less than a year, according to the Brazilian-Paraguayan ...

itaipu dam generator (One of Itaipú Dam's generators on the Brazil side.HRNICK) The concept behind the power plant started with negotiations between the Brazilian and Paraguayan Ministers of ...