The document summarizes a regional leadership forum held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the topic of Itaipu and the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol. Itaipu is a binational power plant between Brazil and Paraguay located on the Paraná River with an installed capacity of 14,000 MW. The forum discussed Itaipu's new mission of producing clean, renewable energy with social and environmental responsibility. Itaipu aims to collaborate with the International Hydropower Association to help fulfill this mission and assess its sustainability using the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol.

1. Regional Leadership Forum
12-13 November 2012
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
ITAIPU and the
Hydropower Sustainability
Assessment Protocol
Integração que gera energia e desenvolvimento

2. ITAIPU: the powerplant
Venezuela
Guiana
Suriname
Colombia Guiana Francesa BINATIONAL POWER PLANT
 Brazil/Paraguay
INSTALLED CAPACITY:
Brasil
Peru  14,000 MW
20 x 700 MW units
Bolivia
Paraguay
RUN-OF-RIVER PLANT
 Inflow : 11,900 m3/s
Argentina
 Active Volume: 19,000 hm3
Uruguay
Chile  Lake Area: 1,350 Km2
MAXIMUM GENERATION
 94,685 GWh (2008)
50 Hz
60 Hz

3. ITAIPU: the partners
BRAZIL
 Language: Portuguese
 Surface: 8.511.965 km²
 Population 2010:
185.712.713
 GNP 2009: US$ 2 trillion
 Energy Consumption 2009
443 TWh Brasil
PARAGUAY
• Language: Spanish
• Surface: 406.752 km² Paraguay
• Population 2009: 6.996.245
• GNP 2009 US$ 29 billion
• Energy Consumption 2009
10 TWh

4. ITAIPU’s new Mission
MISSION
“Produce quality electric power, with social and
environmental responsibility, promoting the economic,
touristic and technologic sustainable development in
Brazil and Paraguay".

5. ITAIPU and IHA
IHA is seen a valuable partner to help us to fulfill our mission.
• Itaipu want to collaborate on sustainability discussion:
Expansion of association in South America;
Support to IHA South America Regional Office;
• Itaipu want to understand world’s perspective on sustainability:
Development of GHG methodology for reservoirs;
Development of the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment
Protocol.

6. SUSTAINABILITY PROTOCOL
 The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol –
HSAP is a voluntary tool to assess the sustainability
profile of project.
 Tool designed specifically to hydropower.
 Developed in a ample and participatory process.

7. Profile example - Operation
5
Best Practices
3
Good Pratices

8. ESTRATEGIC PLAN: Objectives
Until 2020 Itaipu Binacional will be recognized as a producer of clean and renewable energy
VISION
with the best operational performance and the best sustainability practices in the world,
promoting sustainable development and regional integration
Until 2020 Itaipu Binacional will be
recognized as a producer of clean
and renewable energy with the
best operational performance and
the best sustainability practices in
the world, promoting sustainable
development and regional
integration

9. Sustainability Profile Evolution

10. Sustainability Partners
 Project to incentive Protocol application
 Itaipu e 11 other players participating

11. THANK YOU
OBRIGADO GRACIAS
TAKK Danke GRAZIE
TODA
TACK Schöen
EFHARISTOU TAK DHANYAVAAD
σας ευχαριστούμε MERCI
SPASIBO ARIGATO
DHANYAVAAD
XIE-XIE CHUKRAN вы
Ricardo Krauskopf Neto World’s Destination
E-mail: rkraus@itaipu.gov.br