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Hydroelectric dams in Brazil correspond to 90% of the electricity produced in the country.
The installation of dams for the construction of power plants began in Brazil from the late nineteenth century, but it was after the Second World War (1939-1945) that the adoption of hydroelectric dams became relevant in Brazilian energy production.
Although Brazil represents the third largest hydraulic potential in the world (behind only Russia and China), the country imports part of its hydropower. This is because the largest hydroelectric dam in the Americas and the second largest in the world, the Itaipu Dam, is not entirely Brazilian.
Because it is located on the Brazilian border with Paraguay, 50% of the plant's production belongs to the neighboring country, which, unable to consume this amount, sells the surplus to Brazil. Brazil also consumes energy produced by the Argentine Garabi and Yaceritá hydroelectric dams.
Electricity production in Brazil is carried out through two major integrated structural systems: the South-Southeast-Midwest system and the North-Northeast system, which account, respectively, for 70% and 25% of hydroelectric power production in Brazil. Brazil.
Major hydroelectric plants in Brazil
Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant
State: Paraná | Rio: Paraná | Capacity: 14,000 MW
Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant
State: Para | Rio: Xingú | Capacity: 11,233 MW
São Luíz do Tapajós Hydroelectric Power Plant
State: Para | Rio: Tapajós | Capacity: 8,381 MW
Tucuruí Hydroelectric Power Plant
State: Para | Rio: Tocantins | Capacity: 8,370 MW
Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant
State: Rondônia | Rio: Madeira | Capacity: 3,300 MW
Ilha Solteira Hydroelectric Power Plant
State: Sao Paulo | Rio: Paraná | Capacity: 3,444 MW
Jirau Hydroelectric Power Plant
State: Rondônia | Rio: Madeira | Capacity: 3,300 MW
Xingó Hydroelectric Power Plant
States: Alagoas and Sergipe | Rio: San Francisco | Capacity: 3,162 MW
Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Power Plant
State: Bahia | Rio: San Francisco | Capacity: 2,462 MW
Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant
State: Para | Rio: Tapajós | Capacity: 2,338 MW
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