Authorities from Brazil and Paraguay have announced a reduction in the price of energy from the binational Itaipu power plant from US$ 22.60 to US$20.75 per kilowatt.

Itaipu stands as the largest hydroelectric power plant on the planet, a monumental feat of engineering and human perseverance that reshaped energy production in Brazil and Paraguay. Born from ...

Itaipu currently sells 100% of its energy on the regulated market, and potential sales in the unregulated space would allow it to act as "a private company," he said.

Furnishing Itaipu with additional turbines, or refurbishing the 50-year-old machinery with new technology, could add another 4,000 megawatts in installed capacity, ...

Today, Itaipu continues to involve energy negotiations between the two countries, which share responsibility for its operations. And while that comes with its own challenges, ...

Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Santiago Peña of Paraguay on Thursday discussed during the Southern Common ...

A survey by the National Energy Consumers Front confirms with numbers an old perception in the sector: among the large hydroelectric plants in the country, the generation cost of the Itaipu ...

The Itaipu DamCaio Coronel/Itaipu The Itaipu Dam is the world's first hydroelectric plant to generate 100 million megawatts-hour (MWh) in less than a year, according to the Brazilian-Paraguayan ...

Paraguay on Monday said it would stop talks that had been underway for months with Brazil over the costs of hydropower generation from the Itaipu dam until Brazil can clarify "the intelligence ...