The South American hydropower facility set records for energy generation
On average, Itaipu generates around 90 terawatt-hours of electricity annually. It set a record by generating 103.1 TWh in 2016 (surpassed in 2020 by Three Gorges’ 111.8-TWh output). To put 100 TWh into perspective, a power plant would need to burn approximately 50 million tonnes of coal to produce the same amount of energy, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
i didn’t expect to see IEEE Spectrum on Lemmy, last physical paper magazine i still get
If you have suggestions of other free and cool magazines let me know. I really liked Nature (news) site, but recently they’ve put everything under a paywall.