Annual International Congress and Exhibition Hydropower Latin America

Itaipú Binational holds the title of "biggest energy producer of the planet" with 103,098,366 MWh produced in 2016. The Itaipú dam has an installed electrohydraulic generation capacity of 14,000 MW, with 20 turbines generating 700 MW and its construction demanded a cost of 36 million dollars for the two partner countries. The Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Power Plant is the third largest in the world with its 10,235 MW of total installed capacity The power generation of this plant .. continue reading exceeds 47,000 GWh per year, capable of supplying an equivalent consumption close to 300,000 barrels a day of oil, which has allowed it to comply with the thermoelectricity replacement policy in order to save fuel. The energy produced by the dam is consumed by much of the country. It has a total installed capacity of 1,008 MW. Currently Ralco has a capacity of 690 MW, contributing 4.6% of the total energy generated in the Chilean electrical interconnection system. It is the power plant that brings more energy in the country.