Easy Tycoon

Chapter 888 Spectacular
I thought it was an ugly expansion, but after watching it, Yang Jing and his party were a little bit unsatisfied.

The scenes in the expansion film are all about the essence of the Itaipu Hydropower Station. If he hadn’t read the expansion film, Yang Jing would not have known that the dam of the entire Itaipu Hydropower Station was 7744 meters long, three times the length of the Three Gorges Dam. times more.

Although the main dam of Itaipu Hydropower Station is only 1064 meters, the height of this main dam has reached 196 meters, which is 11 meters higher than the height of the Three Gorges Dam. It is the highest big head dam in the world!
No wonder Comrade Xiao Wang said before coming here that the dam of the Itaipu Hydropower Station is even more spectacular than the Three Gorges Dam.

In addition, the construction of the Itaipu Dam created eight lakeside recreational areas in the upper reaches of the Paraná River out of thin air. Therefore, the local government in Brazil transported yellow sand to pave it and make it look like a beach. This is an additional benefit of the dam project.

In addition, this hydropower station with 70 75-kilowatt generating units is shared by Brazil and Paraguay. Paraguay has [-] generating units and Brazil has [-] generating units.However, the electricity generated by two of the generators can provide [-]% of the electricity consumption of Paraguay. Therefore, the electricity generated by the other eight generators belonging to Paraguay is sold to the Brazilians.

In fact, regarding this matter, the two countries have also had a scandal.

The Parana River is the second largest river in South America and the fourth largest river in the world in terms of runoff. It has extremely abundant water resources.If such abundant water resources are not utilized properly, it would be a waste of money.

So the governments of Paraguay and Brazil sat together and began to discuss. I said buddy, look at such abundant water resources, if we don’t use them, God, the old man will not agree.

Yes buddy, why don't we develop the hydropower resources of this river together!

So the governments of the two countries hit it off and decided to build the Itaipu Hydropower Station on the Paraná River.

In 1984, the Itaipu Hydropower Station was ready to start construction. According to the original agreement between the two countries, the two sides will each pay 50% of the start-up capital, and the future power generation will be shared equally by the two countries.

This agreement is very good, but it is a pity that Paraguay is so fucking poor. If you ask them to spend such a large amount of funds, it will simply force the government of this country to hang itself collectively!

So the Paraguayan government approached the Brazilian government and said, buddy, you see that we are in a bit of a difficult situation right now, and we can’t afford so much money for the time being, but we can’t delay the construction of the hydropower station, so buddy, you should lend us some money Bar!

When the Brazilian government heard this, it said without hesitation, no problem buddy, we are good brothers, isn't it just money, we will lend you!
As a result, Paraguay borrowed money from Brazil.Therefore, not only the start-up capital of the hydropower station, but also the funds for the construction and operation of the hydropower station later came from loans from Brazil, totaling US$180 billion.According to the provisions of the two parties, by 2023, Paraguay must repay the loan.

In other words, all the funding for the construction of the Itaipu Hydropower Station came from Brazil.Therefore, Brazil naturally hopes to get some benefits in the final distribution of benefits.In fact, for Paraguay, which had a population of less than 600 million at that time, it was impossible to use up the 50% of the electricity. At that time, the actual electricity used by Paraguay was only 5% of the total electricity generated by Itaipu. Electricity coming out.The two sides then stipulated that Paraguay should sell the remaining 45% of electricity to Brazil at cost price, and it could only be sold to Brazil's electric power company.

Although Brazil paid Paraguay about US$45 per million watts per hour, in fact Paraguay could only get about three US dollars, and the remaining US$42 was used to repay the original debt to Brazil.

This matter was good at first, but it was terrible because people were greedy. After a long time, Paraguay found that it was not worthwhile.Because although the money came from Brazil, Paraguay has been repaying the loan.This means that after 2023, Brazil will not only get back the cost, but also continue to use energy at a very low price.At this time, many countries in South America wanted to buy Paraguay's excess electricity at market prices.However, limited by the original regulations, Paraguay cannot freely dispose of excess electricity resources. Therefore, Paraguay hopes to be able to sell excess electricity freely instead of only selling it to Brazil. In addition, Brazil should also increase the purchase price.

But in the eyes of the Brazilians, it is purely wolfish ambition for the Paraguayans to do so!
As the saying goes, debt repayment is justified, and the Itaipu hydropower station brings Paraguay more than 4% of its gross national product. 80% of Paraguay's electricity consumption comes from the hydropower station.Paraguay not only solves domestic energy problems through hydropower stations, but also generates huge income. It is a typical "empty glove white wolf".

But that's it, you Paraguayans are still not satisfied, and you want to further expand the income of the hydropower station, increase the price of power supply, and use Brazilian money to earn Brazilian money. Of course we Brazilians are not happy.

This is the reason for the dispute between the two sides.

However, the matter was eventually subsided under the joint efforts of former Paraguayan President Lugo and former Brazilian President Lula.

On July 2009, 7, then-President Lula of Brazil and President Lugo of Paraguay reached a new agreement in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, on the Itaipu Hydropower Station jointly owned by the two countries.According to the agreement, Brazil will substantially increase the price of electricity purchased from Paraguay, and gradually allow Paraguay to freely sell electricity to Brazil without interference from the Brazilian Electric Power Company.So far, the dispute over the Itaipu Hydropower Station, which has long affected the relationship between the two countries, has temporarily come to an end.

Through this incident, we can also see a truth, that is, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests!

After watching the movie, the group got on the sightseeing bus. According to Comrade Xiao Wang's reminder, Yang Jing and his group occupied the right side of the second floor of the bus.And when they just sat down and the bus hadn't started, there was a sound like thunder in the distance.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, but they couldn't see anything except a rising mist.

Xiao Wang said with a smile: "We have good luck this time. The sound must be that the floodgates have opened and the reservoir has begun to discharge the flood. Don't worry, the flood discharge will not end in a while. Let's take our time and wait until the flood discharge occurs." From the channel, you can see the spectacular scenery of the flood discharge.”

The bus started quickly and began to drive towards the interior of the hydropower station.The straight-line distance from here to the dam is still close to four kilometers.

However, the bus did not drive directly to the dam, but stopped at a building complex in the middle. Xiao Wang explained: "This is the first stop of the visit, because there is the Itaipu Ecological Museum. You can see all the introductions about the Itaipu Hydropower Station, even the miniature generator sets. It’s also good to go in and have a look.”

Now that you're here, don't say anything, just follow along.So the group made a big circle around the eco-museum, and combined with the expansion pack they had seen before, Yang Jing and the others had a deeper understanding of the Itaipu Hydropower Station.

After coming out of the museum, Ge Ge pointed to a piece of grass on the bank of the Parana River and shouted in surprise: "Look, what kind of animal is that? It's so cute."

On that piece of grass, animals more than ten meters long and half a meter high were eating lazily there, and several little ones who were obviously cubs followed their mothers, moving cautiously.

These animals look really cute, cute and cute, no wonder Ge Ge was a little overjoyed.

Comrade Xiao Wang glanced at it and said, "Sister-in-law, that's the capybara, a unique animal in South America. But this animal here is a 'pig' raised in the water by the local people, and it is one of the main sources of meat for the local people."

"Oh, how can the locals be willing to eat such a cute little animal?" Grid was a little angry.

Xiao Wang explained with a smile: "Sister-in-law, there is no way. Capybaras can be raised artificially in South America, just like pigs in our country. The meat yield of this animal is not bad, and the taste is also good. It has long been The local people have lost an important source of meat, and we cannot change this situation.”

Not long after the car moved forward, it saw the towering dam, and the bus stopped again. Xiao Wang said: "This is the first stop for taking pictures, and you can see the whole picture of the main dam here. .”

Everyone got out of the car, and immediately saw a huge robot welded with steel pipes.The white-painted robot appears to be walking forward, holding a torch in its hand.

After taking some photos here, the car went up to the dam, but it was in the middle of the dam, and the generator set of the hydropower station was under the road. .

The dam does not seem very high from a distance just now, but when you actually walk on the two-way four-lane road above the generator set, you can fully feel the majesty of the dam.

The original huge double-decker sightseeing bus, in front of this dam, is like a little mouse facing an elephant.The most eye-catching thing on the dam is the [-] thick white water diversion pipes, through which the water from the reservoir enters the water turbine, and then drives the water turbine to rotate to start generating electricity.

These twenty white pipes are so thick that the double-decker bus more than ten meters long is not even half the thickness of one pipe!

Twenty thick pipes are lined up, and a person standing in front of these pipes is as small as an ant.

"Spectacular! It's really spectacular!" Although he couldn't get off the car, he could still feel the majesty of the dam even while sitting in the car, and Ge Ge was completely overwhelmed.

After the bus passed the main dam, it actually returned from Brazil to Paraguay.Then the bus walked a certain distance between the main dam and the floodgate, and finally came to the floodgate that was discharging the flood!

(End of this chapter)