
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The planet's energy
Water, sun, wind, sea and the heat inside the Earth become electricity in power plants that lie on the route of many trips. How each source works and where to see it up close.
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Tap a point on the map. Points with a white border are in Brazil. MW (megawatt) is the plant's capacity, the most it can generate.
Capacities: as reported by the plants and operators, rounded. Visits: nothing is guaranteed; confirm with each plant beforehand whether it takes visitors, on which days and under what rules. Map: Natural Earth.
Where to see it on your trip
Places in the guide related to this topic.
Near the great hydroelectric plants


Represa Hoover

Foz do Iguaçu

Las Vegas
Sun and wind

São Miguel do Gostoso

Seville

Copenhagen
The Earth's heat

Bláa lónið

Te Puia

Reykjavík

Taupō

Rotorua
Tides and the atom

Saint-Malo

Angra dos Reis
Antarctica


