With the contribution of Itaipu the Paraguayan electricity system exceeds another consumption record

This Itaipu Binacional release was published using machine translation.

On Thursday, March 14 at 1:53 p.m., the Interconnected System of the National Electricity Administration (ANDE) reached a new peak of instantaneous power demand with a value of 5,027 MW. This is the fourth consecutive consumption record so far this year, where the largest contribution corresponded to the ITAIPU Hydroelectric Power Plant, with a total of 3,549 MW, which represents 70.4% of the system.

It should be remembered that ITAIPU has 20 generating units of 700MW, which represent 14,000 MW of installed power, of which 50% correspond to Paraguay. The value reached the day before is equivalent to the capacity of 5 ITAIPU turbines, that is, half of those that our country has available for consumption.

For its part, Yacyretá's contribution was 1,357 MW and Acaray's 136 MW. Likewise, 15 MW are reported that correspond to sales made through the connection with El Dorado, Argentina.