水力発電と超伝導送電
Total view of the ITAIPU power plant
Left part shows overflow (spillway), the power
station is located in the middle.
At the bottom of the 196 m tall dam
The white tubes are containing the inlets for
the 18 tubines (715 MW each).
Having more power
than 10 nuclear power stations it supplies the second largest city on the planet with
zero-emission electricity since 1984, still being extended until 1991. 26% of the
electrical power consumption of Brazil and 78% of Paraguay are supplied by ITAIPU.
超伝導送電が実用化されれば、海外の巨大水力発電所から電気を輸入できる