Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam
Itaipu may refer to: * Itaipu Dam, a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River, across the Brazil-Paraguay border * ''Itaipu'' (composition), a 1989 symphonic cantata by Philip Glass * Itaipu, Rio de Janeiro, a neighbourhood in the city of Niterói in Brazil * Gurgel Itaipu, an electric car produced in Brazil See also * Santa Terezinha de Itaipu Santa Terezinha de Itaipu is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. According to the IBGE Santa Teresinha de Itaipu has approximately 24,000 inhabitants. The municipality contains part of the Santa Maria Ecolo ...

Itaipu Dam
The Itaipu Dam ( pt, Barragem de Itaipu , es, Represa de Itaipú ) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The construction of the dam was first contested by Argentina, but the negotiations and resolution of the dispute ended up setting the basis for Argentine–Brazilian integration later on. The name "Itaipu" was taken from an isle that existed near the construction site. In the Guarani language, means "the sounding stone". The Itaipu Dam's hydroelectric power plant produced the second-most electricity of any in the world as of 2020, only surpassed by the Three Gorges Dam plant in electricity production. Completed in 1984, it is a binational undertaking run by Brazil and Paraguay at the border between the two countries, north of the Friendship Bridge. The project ranges from Foz do Iguaçu, in Brazil, and Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, in the south to Guaíra and Salto del Guairá in the north. The installed generation ...
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Itaipu (composition)
''Itaipu'' is a four-movement symphonic cantata by Philip Glass. The composition was written in 1989, and pays homage to the Itaipu Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric dam, built on the Paraná River between Paraguay and Brazil. The text is written in Guaraní, with a translation by Daniela Thomas. It was commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and was first performed on November 2, 1989. The four movements are titled: # Mato Grosso # The Lake # The Dam # To the Sea Instrumentation ;Woodwinds : piccolo :2 flutes :3 oboes :3 clarinets in B :2 bassoons : contrabassoon ;Brass :6 horns in F :4 trumpets in B :2 trombones : bass trombone :tuba ;Percussion :tambourine :tubular bells :cowbell :maracas :triangle : wood block : cymbal : snare drum :tenor drum : bass drum Mixed chorus ;Keyboards :piano ; Strings :2 harps :violins I :violins II :violas :cellos :double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is th ...
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Gurgel Itaipu
The Gurgel Itaipu E150 is an electric car, produced by the Brazilian automobile manufacturer Gurgel. The Itaipu was presented at the ''Salão do Automóvel'' in 1974, with an intended production start in December 1975. Only a few of these cars were produced and is today a collector's item. Top speed was of the first prototypes were of approximately and the latest models reached up to . While about twenty pre-series cars were built, it was never commercialized. It was the first electric car built in Latin America, and, its specifications were comparable to similar models of the time (see CitiCar). The car was named after the hydro-electric dam and power plant on the border of Brazil and Paraguay. The car's design was unique, a very compact trapezoidal two-seater. The car itself weighed a mere , with the remaining consisting of batteries. The name "Itaipu" was brought back for a larger commercial vehicle in 1980, called the Itaipu E400. This was based on the Volkswagen V ...
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