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"Total installed capacity increased from 4.8 million kW in 1960 to 8.5 million kW in 1968 and to 73.4 million kW in 2001. Production for 2000 was 339.5 billion kWh, of which hydropower contributed 89%. Consumption of electricity was 360.6 billion kWh in the same year. Brazil's hydroelectric potential is estimated at 16.5 billion kW, three times its current capacity. Construction of the Itaipu Dam on the Paraná River took place between 1975 and 1982; this joint Brazilian-Paraguayan project, the world's largest hydroelectric plant, attained its full capacity of 12.6 million kW in 1986, at a cost of $15 billion. About 70% of Brazil's population is served by Itaipu, which generates about 75 billion kWh per year. Each of Brazil's nine turbines (Paraguay controls the other nine) at Itaipu has a capacity of 700,000 kW, which can be transmitted up to 1,000 km (620 mi) away. Brazil regularly purchases a large portion of Paraguay's half of its Itaipu electricity production."
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"Total installed capacity increased from 4.8 million kW in 1960 to 8.5 million kW in 1968 and to 73.4 million kW in 2001. Production for 2000 was 339.5 billion kWh, of which hydropower contributed 89%. Consumption of electricity was 360.6 billion kWh in the same year. Brazil's hydroelectric potential is estimated at 16.5 billion kW, three times its current capacity. Construction of the Itaipu Dam on the Paraná River took place between 1975 and 1982; this joint Brazilian-Paraguayan project, the world's largest hydroelectric plant, attained its full capacity of 12.6 million kW in 1986, at a cost of $15 billion. About 70% of Brazil's population is served by Itaipu, which generates about 75 billion kWh per year. Each of Brazil's nine turbines (Paraguay controls the other nine) at Itaipu has a capacity of 700,000 kW, which can be transmitted up to 1,000 km (620 mi) away. Brazil regularly purchases a large portion of Paraguay's half of its Itaipu electricity production."
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http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Brazil-ENERGY-AND-POWER.html
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