About

Itaipu Binacional is the result of a partnership between the governments of Brazil and Paraguay. The company started in 1974. Its mission was to build and operate the Itaipu hydropower plant, the largest in the world by then. The plant is located at the Paraná River, the border between the two countries. It is the single plant that has generated the most energy in history, with more than 2.9 billion Megawatt-hours since it started operating, in 1984. But the company does not only generate electricity. Since its inception, Itaipu Binacional has followed sustainable development principles as reflected by its integrated environmental, social, and economic initiatives that promote prosperity in both countries.

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Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics

IAHR/WMO/IAHS Working Group on Hydrometry Training Course

Working Group on Reservoir Sedimentation

Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation

Committee on Fluid Mechanics

Committee on Hydraulic Structures

Committee on Climate Change Adaptation

Committee on Ecohydraulics

Committee on Flood Risk Management

IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics

Committee on Water Resources Management

Working Group on Drones in Hydraulics

Working Group on Water System Operations