Chapter 888: 888
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Originally thought it was an ugly expansion film, but after watching it, Yang Jing and his party had some unfinished business.
The footage in the video is all about the essence of the Tai Tai hydropower station. If it is not for the information, Yang Jing will not know that the length of the dam of the whole Tai River hydropower station is 7744 meters, and the length is three times that of the Three Gorges dam.
Although the main dam of Itaipu hydropower station is only 1064 meters, the height of the main dam has reached 196 meters, 11 meters higher than the height of the Three Gorges dam. It is the highest big head dam in the world!
No wonder before he came, Comrade Wang said that the dam of yitaipu hydropower station was even more spectacular than the Three Gorges dam.
In addition, the construction of the ITep dam added eight lakeside leisure areas in the upper reaches of the Parana River out of thin air, so the local government of Brazil transported yellow sand to pave it and make it look like a beach, which is an additional benefit of the dam project.
In addition, the hydropower station with 20 700000 kW generating units is jointly owned by Brazil and Paraguay. Paraguay accounts for 10 generating units and Brazil for 10 generating units. However, the electricity generated by two generator sets can provide 75% of the electricity consumption of Paraguay. Therefore, the electricity generated by the other eight generator sets belonging to Paraguay is sold to Brazilians.
In fact, the two countries have played a dirty role in this matter.
Parana River is the second largest river in South America and the fourth largest river in the world, with extremely abundant hydraulic resources. If we don't make good use of such abundant hydraulic resources, it will be a natural disaster.
So the governments of Paraguay and Brazil sat together and began to discuss. I said, man, if we don't make use of such abundant hydraulic resources, God won't promise.
Yes, man, why don't we develop this and other hydraulic resources together!
So the two governments hit it off and decided to build Itaipu hydropower station on the Parana River.
In 1984, the construction of Itaipu hydropower station was ready to start. According to the original agreement between the two countries, the two sides will pay 50% of the start-up capital respectively, and the power generation in the future will be shared equally by the two countries.
This agreement is very good, but unfortunately, Paraguay is so poor. If you let them take out such a large amount of money, it will simply force the government of this country to hang!
So the government of Paraguay went to the government of Brazil and said, man, look, we're a little difficult now. We can't afford so much money for the time being, but we can't delay the construction of hydropower stations, so man, you'd better lend us some money!
As soon as the Brazilian government heard this, it said without hesitation, no problem, man. We are good brothers. We lend you money!
So Paraguay borrowed money from Brazil. Therefore, not only the start-up funds of hydropower stations, but also the funds for the later construction and operation of hydropower stations, all came from Brazilian loans, totaling US $18 billion. According to the provisions of both parties, Paraguay must repay the loan by 2023.
In other words, all the funds for the construction of ITep hydropower station come from Brazil. Therefore, Brazil naturally hopes to get some tangible benefits in the final benefit distribution. In fact, Paraguay, with a population of less than 6 million at that time, could not use up 50% of the electricity. At that time, the actual electricity used in Paraguay was only 5% of the total power generation of iTap, that is, the electricity generated by a generator set. The two sides then stipulated that Paraguay would sell the remaining 45% of the electricity to Brazil at cost, and only to the Brazilian electricity company.
Although Brazil pays Paraguay about $45 per million watt hours, Paraguay can only get about $3, and the remaining $42 is used to repay the debt it borrowed from Brazil.
This was a good thing. It was terrible. I was afraid of greed. Over time, Paraguay found that it was not cost-effective. Because although the money came from Brazil, Paraguay has been paying off the loan. This means that after 2023, Brazil can not only get back the cost, but also use energy at a very low price. At this time, many countries in South America want to buy Paraguay's excess electricity at the market price. However, limited by the original regulations, Paraguay cannot freely control the excess power resources. Therefore, Paraguay hopes to sell the excess power freely, rather than only to Brazil. In addition, Brazil should also raise the purchase price.
But in the eyes of Brazilians, the Paraguayans are simply wolf ambition!
As the saying goes, it is natural to repay debts. Moreover, the income brought by iTap hydropower station to Paraguay exceeds 4% of its GDP, and 80% of Paraguay's electricity comes from this hydropower station. Paraguay not only solves the domestic energy problem through hydropower stations, but also has huge income. It is a typical "white wolf with empty hands".
But that's it. You Paraguayans are not satisfied. You want to further expand the income of hydropower stations, raise the power supply price and earn Brazilian money with Brazilian money. Of course, we Brazilians are not happy.
This is the beginning and end of the dispute between the two sides.
However, with the joint efforts of former president Lugo of Paraguay and former President Lula of Brazil, the incident finally subsided.
On July 25, 2009, Lula, then president of Brazil, and Lugo, President of Paraguay, reached a new agreement on the ITep hydropower station jointly owned by the two countries in Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. According to the agreement, Brazil will significantly increase the price of electricity purchased from Paraguay, and gradually allow Paraguay to sell electricity freely to Brazil without interference from the Brazilian electric power company. So far, the dispute over Itaipu hydropower station, which has long affected bilateral relations, has temporarily come to an end.
Through this matter, we can also see a truth, that is, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests!
After watching the film, they got on the sightseeing bus. According to Comrade Wang's reminder, Yang Jing and his party occupied the position on the right side of the second floor of the bus. When they had just settled down and the bus had not started, a sound like thunder came from a distance.
The crowd looked in the direction of the sound, but they could see nothing except a rising mist.
Xiao Wang said with a smile, "we're blessed this time. The sound must be that the flood gate is opened and the reservoir begins to discharge the flood. Don't worry. The flood discharge won't end in a moment and a half. Let's take our time. When we get to the flood discharge channel, we can see the spectacular scenery of the flood discharge."
The bus soon started and began to drive towards the inside of the hydropower station. The straight-line distance from here to the dam is nearly four kilometers.
However, the bus didn't drive directly to the dam, but stopped at a building complex in the middle. Xiao Wang explained: "this is the first stop to visit, because there is yitep ecological museum. In the museum, you can see all the introductions about yitep hydropower station, even the miniature generator set. It's good to go in and have a look."
Now that you're here, don't say anything and follow. So the party went around the ecological museum. Combined with the information film they had seen before, Yang Jing had a deeper understanding of yitaipu hydropower station.
After coming out of the museum, gege pointed to a grassland on the Bank of the Parana River and shouted in surprise: "look, what animal is that? It's so cute..."
On that grassland, animals more than ten meters long and more than half meters high are eating lazily, and several little guys who are obviously young animals follow their mothers and move carefully.
These animals look really cute, cute and stupid. No wonder Ge Ge is overjoyed.
Comrade Wang took a look and said, "sister-in-law, that's the unique animal capybara in South America. However, this animal here is the 'pig' raised by the local people in the water. It is one of the main meat sources of the local people."
"Oh, how can the local people be willing to eat such a lovely little animal?" Ge Ge was angry.
Xiao Wang explained with a smile: "sister-in-law, there's no way. Capybara can be cultured in South America, just like pigs in China. This animal has a good meat yield and tastes good. It has long been an important meat source for local people. We can't change this situation."
The bus stopped again. Xiao Wang said, "this is the first stop for taking photos. You can see the whole main dam here."
When they got out of the car, they immediately saw a huge robot welded with steel pipes. The robot painted with white paint, holding a torch in his hand, seems to be walking forward.
After taking some photos here, the car went to the dam, but in the middle of the dam, below the road is the generator set of the hydropower station..
Looking at the dam from a distance just now, it doesn't seem very high, but when you really 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 deck sightseeing bus is like a little mouse facing an elephant in front of the dam. The most striking thing on the dam is the twenty large white diversion pipes. The water from the reservoir enters the turbine through these diversion pipes, and then drives the turbine to turn and start generating electricity.
The twenty white pipes are so thick that the double decker bus more than ten meters long is not even half the thickness of a pipe!
Twenty thick pipes are lined up. People standing in front of these pipes are like a small ant.
"Spectacular! It's really spectacular!" although I can't get off the bus, I can feel the majestic momentum of the dam even sitting in the car. Ge Ge is completely restrained.
After passing the main dam, the bus has actually returned from Brazil to Paraguay again. Then the bus walked a distance between the main dam and the flood discharge gate, and finally came to the flood discharge gate!
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Originally thought it was an ugly expansion film, but after watching it, Yang Jing and his party had some unfinished business.
The footage in the video is all about the essence of the Tai Tai hydropower station. If it is not for the information, Yang Jing will not know that the length of the dam of the whole Tai River hydropower station is 7744 meters, and the length is three times that of the Three Gorges dam.
Although the main dam of Itaipu hydropower station is only 1064 meters, the height of the main dam has reached 196 meters, 11 meters higher than the height of the Three Gorges dam. It is the highest big head dam in the world!
No wonder before he came, Comrade Wang said that the dam of yitaipu hydropower station was even more spectacular than the Three Gorges dam.
In addition, the construction of the ITep dam added eight lakeside leisure areas in the upper reaches of the Parana River out of thin air, so the local government of Brazil transported yellow sand to pave it and make it look like a beach, which is an additional benefit of the dam project.
In addition, the hydropower station with 20 700000 kW generating units is jointly owned by Brazil and Paraguay. Paraguay accounts for 10 generating units and Brazil for 10 generating units. However, the electricity generated by two generator sets can provide 75% of the electricity consumption of Paraguay. Therefore, the electricity generated by the other eight generator sets belonging to Paraguay is sold to Brazilians.
In fact, the two countries have played a dirty role in this matter.
Parana River is the second largest river in South America and the fourth largest river in the world, with extremely abundant hydraulic resources. If we don't make good use of such abundant hydraulic resources, it will be a natural disaster.
So the governments of Paraguay and Brazil sat together and began to discuss. I said, man, if we don't make use of such abundant hydraulic resources, God won't promise.
Yes, man, why don't we develop this and other hydraulic resources together!
So the two governments hit it off and decided to build Itaipu hydropower station on the Parana River.
In 1984, the construction of Itaipu hydropower station was ready to start. According to the original agreement between the two countries, the two sides will pay 50% of the start-up capital respectively, and the power generation in the future will be shared equally by the two countries.
This agreement is very good, but unfortunately, Paraguay is so poor. If you let them take out such a large amount of money, it will simply force the government of this country to hang!
So the government of Paraguay went to the government of Brazil and said, man, look, we're a little difficult now. We can't afford so much money for the time being, but we can't delay the construction of hydropower stations, so man, you'd better lend us some money!
As soon as the Brazilian government heard this, it said without hesitation, no problem, man. We are good brothers. We lend you money!
So Paraguay borrowed money from Brazil. Therefore, not only the start-up funds of hydropower stations, but also the funds for the later construction and operation of hydropower stations, all came from Brazilian loans, totaling US $18 billion. According to the provisions of both parties, Paraguay must repay the loan by 2023.
In other words, all the funds for the construction of ITep hydropower station come from Brazil. Therefore, Brazil naturally hopes to get some tangible benefits in the final benefit distribution. In fact, Paraguay, with a population of less than 6 million at that time, could not use up 50% of the electricity. At that time, the actual electricity used in Paraguay was only 5% of the total power generation of iTap, that is, the electricity generated by a generator set. The two sides then stipulated that Paraguay would sell the remaining 45% of the electricity to Brazil at cost, and only to the Brazilian electricity company.
Although Brazil pays Paraguay about $45 per million watt hours, Paraguay can only get about $3, and the remaining $42 is used to repay the debt it borrowed from Brazil.
This was a good thing. It was terrible. I was afraid of greed. Over time, Paraguay found that it was not cost-effective. Because although the money came from Brazil, Paraguay has been paying off the loan. This means that after 2023, Brazil can not only get back the cost, but also use energy at a very low price. At this time, many countries in South America want to buy Paraguay's excess electricity at the market price. However, limited by the original regulations, Paraguay cannot freely control the excess power resources. Therefore, Paraguay hopes to sell the excess power freely, rather than only to Brazil. In addition, Brazil should also raise the purchase price.
But in the eyes of Brazilians, the Paraguayans are simply wolf ambition!
As the saying goes, it is natural to repay debts. Moreover, the income brought by iTap hydropower station to Paraguay exceeds 4% of its GDP, and 80% of Paraguay's electricity comes from this hydropower station. Paraguay not only solves the domestic energy problem through hydropower stations, but also has huge income. It is a typical "white wolf with empty hands".
But that's it. You Paraguayans are not satisfied. You want to further expand the income of hydropower stations, raise the power supply price and earn Brazilian money with Brazilian money. Of course, we Brazilians are not happy.
This is the beginning and end of the dispute between the two sides.
However, with the joint efforts of former president Lugo of Paraguay and former President Lula of Brazil, the incident finally subsided.
On July 25, 2009, Lula, then president of Brazil, and Lugo, President of Paraguay, reached a new agreement on the ITep hydropower station jointly owned by the two countries in Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. According to the agreement, Brazil will significantly increase the price of electricity purchased from Paraguay, and gradually allow Paraguay to sell electricity freely to Brazil without interference from the Brazilian electric power company. So far, the dispute over Itaipu hydropower station, which has long affected bilateral relations, has temporarily come to an end.
Through this matter, we can also see a truth, that is, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests!
After watching the film, they got on the sightseeing bus. According to Comrade Wang's reminder, Yang Jing and his party occupied the position on the right side of the second floor of the bus. When they had just settled down and the bus had not started, a sound like thunder came from a distance.
The crowd looked in the direction of the sound, but they could see nothing except a rising mist.
Xiao Wang said with a smile, "we're blessed this time. The sound must be that the flood gate is opened and the reservoir begins to discharge the flood. Don't worry. The flood discharge won't end in a moment and a half. Let's take our time. When we get to the flood discharge channel, we can see the spectacular scenery of the flood discharge."
The bus soon started and began to drive towards the inside of the hydropower station. The straight-line distance from here to the dam is nearly four kilometers.
However, the bus didn't drive directly to the dam, but stopped at a building complex in the middle. Xiao Wang explained: "this is the first stop to visit, because there is yitep ecological museum. In the museum, you can see all the introductions about yitep hydropower station, even the miniature generator set. It's good to go in and have a look."
Now that you're here, don't say anything and follow. So the party went around the ecological museum. Combined with the information film they had seen before, Yang Jing had a deeper understanding of yitaipu hydropower station.
After coming out of the museum, gege pointed to a grassland on the Bank of the Parana River and shouted in surprise: "look, what animal is that? It's so cute..."
On that grassland, animals more than ten meters long and more than half meters high are eating lazily, and several little guys who are obviously young animals follow their mothers and move carefully.
These animals look really cute, cute and stupid. No wonder Ge Ge is overjoyed.
Comrade Wang took a look and said, "sister-in-law, that's the unique animal capybara in South America. However, this animal here is the 'pig' raised by the local people in the water. It is one of the main meat sources of the local people."
"Oh, how can the local people be willing to eat such a lovely little animal?" Ge Ge was angry.
Xiao Wang explained with a smile: "sister-in-law, there's no way. Capybara can be cultured in South America, just like pigs in China. This animal has a good meat yield and tastes good. It has long been an important meat source for local people. We can't change this situation."
The bus stopped again. Xiao Wang said, "this is the first stop for taking photos. You can see the whole main dam here."
When they got out of the car, they immediately saw a huge robot welded with steel pipes. The robot painted with white paint, holding a torch in his hand, seems to be walking forward.
After taking some photos here, the car went to the dam, but in the middle of the dam, below the road is the generator set of the hydropower station..
Looking at the dam from a distance just now, it doesn't seem very high, but when you really 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 deck sightseeing bus is like a little mouse facing an elephant in front of the dam. The most striking thing on the dam is the twenty large white diversion pipes. The water from the reservoir enters the turbine through these diversion pipes, and then drives the turbine to turn and start generating electricity.
The twenty white pipes are so thick that the double decker bus more than ten meters long is not even half the thickness of a pipe!
Twenty thick pipes are lined up. People standing in front of these pipes are like a small ant.
"Spectacular! It's really spectacular!" although I can't get off the bus, I can feel the majestic momentum of the dam even sitting in the car. Ge Ge is completely restrained.
After passing the main dam, the bus has actually returned from Brazil to Paraguay again. Then the bus walked a distance between the main dam and the flood discharge gate, and finally came to the flood discharge gate!
Originally thought it was an ugly expansion film, but after watching it, Yang Jing and his party had some unfinished business.The footage in the video is all about the essence of the Tai Tai hydropower station. If it is not for the information, Yang Jing will not know that the length of the dam of the whole Tai River hydropower station is 7744 meters, and the length is three times that of the Three Gorges dam.Although the main dam of Itaipu hydropower station is only 1064 meters, the height of the main dam has reached 196 meters, 11 meters higher than the height of the Three Gorges dam. It is the highest big head dam in the world!No wonder before he came, Comrade Wang said that the dam of yitaipu hydropower station was even more spectacular than the Three Gorges dam.In addition, the construction of the ITep dam added eight lakeside leisure areas in the upper reaches of the Parana River out of thin air, so the local government of Brazil transported yellow sand to pave it and make it look like a beach, which is an additional benefit of the dam project.In addition, the hydropower station with 20 700000 kW generating units is jointly owned by Brazil and Paraguay. Paraguay accounts for 10 generating units and Brazil for 10 generating units. However, the electricity generated by two generator sets can provide 75% of the electricity consumption of Paraguay. Therefore, the electricity generated by the other eight generator sets belonging to Paraguay is sold to Brazilians.In fact, the two countries have played a dirty role in this matter.Parana River is the second largest river in South America and the fourth largest river in the world, with extremely abundant hydraulic resources. If we don't make good use of such abundant hydraulic resources, it will be a natural disaster.So the governments of Paraguay and Brazil sat together and began to discuss. I said, man, if we don't make use of such abundant hydraulic resources, God won't promise.Yes, man, why don't we develop this and other hydraulic resources together!So the two governments hit it off and decided to build Itaipu hydropower station on the Parana River.In 1984, the construction of Itaipu hydropower station was ready to start. According to the original agreement between the two countries, the two sides will pay 50% of the start-up capital respectively, and the power generation in the future will be shared equally by the two countries.This agreement is very good, but unfortunately, Paraguay is so poor. If you let them take out such a large amount of money, it will simply force the government of this country to hang!So the government of Paraguay went to the government of Brazil and said, man, look, we're a little difficult now. We can't afford so much money for the time being, but we can't delay the construction of hydropower stations, so man, you'd better lend us some money!As soon as the Brazilian government heard this, it said without hesitation, no problem, man. We are good brothers. We lend you money!So Paraguay borrowed money from Brazil. Therefore, not only the start-up funds of hydropower stations, but also the funds for the later construction and operation of hydropower stations, all came from Brazilian loans, totaling US $18 billion. According to the provisions of both parties, Paraguay must repay the loan by 2023.In other words, all the funds for the construction of ITep hydropower station come from Brazil. Therefore, Brazil naturally hopes to get some tangible benefits in the final benefit distribution. In fact, Paraguay, with a population of less than 6 million at that time, could not use up 50% of the electricity. At that time, the actual electricity used in Paraguay was only 5% of the total power generation of iTap, that is, the electricity generated by a generator set. The two sides then stipulated that Paraguay would sell the remaining 45% of the electricity to Brazil at cost, and only to the Brazilian electricity company.Although Brazil pays Paraguay about $45 per million watt hours, Paraguay can only get about $3, and the remaining $42 is used to repay the debt it borrowed from Brazil.This was a good thing. It was terrible. I was afraid of greed. Over time, Paraguay found that it was not cost-effective. Because although the money came from Brazil, Paraguay has been paying off the loan. This means that after 2023, Brazil can not only get back the cost, but also use energy at a very low price. At this time, many countries in South America want to buy Paraguay's excess electricity at the market price. However, limited by the original regulations, Paraguay cannot freely control the excess power resources. Therefore, Paraguay hopes to sell the excess power freely, rather than only to Brazil. In addition, Brazil should also raise the purchase price.But in the eyes of Brazilians, the Paraguayans are simply wolf ambition!As the saying goes, it is natural to repay debts. Moreover, the income brought by iTap hydropower station to Paraguay exceeds 4% of its GDP, and 80% of Paraguay's electricity comes from this hydropower station. Paraguay not only solves the domestic energy problem through hydropower stations, but also has huge income. It is a typical "white wolf with empty hands".But that's it. You Paraguayans are not satisfied. You want to further expand the income of hydropower stations, raise the power supply price and earn Brazilian money with Brazilian money. Of course, we Brazilians are not happy.This is the beginning and end of the dispute between the two sides.However, with the joint efforts of former president Lugo of Paraguay and former President Lula of Brazil, the incident finally subsided.On July 25, 2009, Lula, then president of Brazil, and Lugo, President of Paraguay, reached a new agreement on the ITep hydropower station jointly owned by the two countries in Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. According to the agreement, Brazil will significantly increase the price of electricity purchased from Paraguay, and gradually allow Paraguay to sell electricity freely to Brazil without interference from the Brazilian electric power company. So far, the dispute over Itaipu hydropower station, which has long affected bilateral relations, has temporarily come to an end.Through this matter, we can also see a truth, that is, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests!After watching the film, they got on the sightseeing bus. According to Comrade Wang's reminder, Yang Jing and his party occupied the position on the right side of the second floor of the bus. When they had just settled down and the bus had not started, a sound like thunder came from a distance.The crowd looked in the direction of the sound, but they could see nothing except a rising mist.Xiao Wang said with a smile, "we're blessed this time. The sound must be that the flood gate is opened and the reservoir begins to discharge the flood. Don't worry. The flood discharge won't end in a moment and a half. Let's take our time. When we get to the flood discharge channel, we can see the spectacular scenery of the flood discharge."The bus soon started and began to drive towards the inside of the hydropower station. The straight-line distance from here to the dam is nearly four kilometers.However, the bus didn't drive directly to the dam, but stopped at a building complex in the middle. Xiao Wang explained: "this is the first stop to visit, because there is yitep ecological museum. In the museum, you can see all the introductions about yitep hydropower station, even the miniature generator set. It's good to go in and have a look."Now that you're here, don't say anything and follow. So the party went around the ecological museum. Combined with the information film they had seen before, Yang Jing had a deeper understanding of yitaipu hydropower station.After coming out of the museum, gege pointed to a grassland on the Bank of the Parana River and shouted in surprise: "look, what animal is that? It's so cute..."On that grassland, animals more than ten meters long and more than half meters high are eating lazily, and several little guys who are obviously young animals follow their mothers and move carefully.These animals look really cute, cute and stupid. No wonder Ge Ge is overjoyed.Comrade Wang took a look and said, "sister-in-law, that's the unique animal capybara in South America. However, this animal here is the 'pig' raised by the local people in the water. It is one of the main meat sources of the local people.""Oh, how can the local people be willing to eat such a lovely little animal?" Ge Ge was angry.Xiao Wang explained with a smile: "sister-in-law, there's no way. Capybara can be cultured in South America, just like pigs in China. This animal has a good meat yield and tastes good. It has long been an important meat source for local people. We can't change this situation."The bus stopped again. Xiao Wang said, "this is the first stop for taking photos. You can see the whole main dam here."When they got out of the car, they immediately saw a huge robot welded with steel pipes. The robot painted with white paint, holding a torch in his hand, seems to be walking forward.After taking some photos here, the car went to the dam, but in the middle of the dam, below the road is the generator set of the hydropower station..Looking at the dam from a distance just now, it doesn't seem very high, but when you really 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 deck sightseeing bus is like a little mouse facing an elephant in front of the dam. The most striking thing on the dam is the twenty large white diversion pipes. The water from the reservoir enters the turbine through these diversion pipes, and then drives the turbine to turn and start generating electricity.The twenty white pipes are so thick that the double decker bus more than ten meters long is not even half the thickness of a pipe!Twenty thick pipes are lined up. People standing in front of these pipes are like a small ant."Spectacular! It's really spectacular!" although I can't get off the bus, I can feel the majestic momentum of the dam even sitting in the car. Ge Ge is completely restrained.After passing the main dam, the bus has actually returned from Brazil to Paraguay again. Then the bus walked a distance between the main dam and the flood discharge gate, and finally came to the flood discharge gate!
