The Rights and Wrongs of Belo Monte; Dams in the Amazon  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 407 no. 8834 (May 2013), page 36-38.
Topik: Hydroelectric Plants; Projects; Facilities Planning; Dams; Demonstrations & Protests; Native Peoples; Statistical Data; Alternative Energy Sources

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Some 20,000 labourers are working around the clock at Belo Monte on the Xingu river in Brazil, the biggest hydropower plant under construction anywhere. When complete, its installed capacity, or theoretical maximum output, of 11,233MW will make it the world's third-largest, behind China's Three Gorges and Itaipu, on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. Belo Monte now looks both unstoppable and much less damaging to the environment than some of its foes claim. The project has made it through Brazil's labyrinth of planning and environmental rules Apart from huge deposits of offshore oil and gas, Brazil has the world's third-biggest hydropower potential (behind China and Russia). Brazil's energy ministry has ranked the various sources of energy according to availability, cheapness, renewability and whether Brazil has the necessary technology, says Altino Ventura, its secretary of planning and development. Hydropower comes top, followed by windpower and biomass (mostly bagasse). Brazil already generates 80% of its electricity from hydro plants--far more than other countries.

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