Editing Paraguay (section)

== Infrastructure ==
=== Transportation ===

[[Image:Mapa RutasPY2019.png|thumb|National roads of Paraguay]]

According to official data from the M.O.P.C (Ministry of Public Works and Communications of Paraguay), in 2019, there were a total of {{convert|78850|km|0|abbr=on}} of roads, of which {{convert|10372|km|0|abbr=on}} were paved.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paraguay road network |website=mopc.gov.py |url=https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/red-vial |access-date=11 July 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624224504/https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/red-vial |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Update of the Paraguay Road Network |website=mopc.gov.py |url=https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/actualizacion-de-la-red-vial-de-rutas-nacionales-del-paraguay |access-date=11 July 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712010315/https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/actualizacion-de-la-red-vial-de-rutas-nacionales-del-paraguay |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the most important recent investments in the country's history is the construction of the [[Route 15 (Paraguay)|Bioceanic Corridor]], which will cross the north of Paraguay in a horizontal line, connecting Brazil to Argentina, reaching both the ports of northern Chile, as to Brazilian ports. The work will open a new route for exports of products to Asia, and will enable the development of an isolated region of Paraguay, the Chaco. In February 2022, Paraguay inaugurated 275&nbsp;km of the road (about half of the route), connecting Carmelo Peralta (Alto Paraguay), on the border with Brazil, to Loma Plata (Boquerón), in the center of the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Primer tramo del Corredor Bioceánico ya es una realidad que cambiará la historia del Chaco |website=mopc.gov.py |url=https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/noticias/primer-tramo-del-corredor-bioceanico-ya-es-una-realidad-que-cambiara-la-historia-del-chaco |access-date=11 July 2022 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806215608/https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/noticias/primer-tramo-del-corredor-bioceanico-ya-es-una-realidad-que-cambiara-la-historia-del-chaco |url-status=live }}</ref> Paraguay has also been implementing the country's first [[Dual carriageway|double highway]]: 149&nbsp;km of the [[Route 2 (Paraguay)|Route&nbsp;2]], which connects the capital Asunción to Ciudad del Este, on the border with Brazil (the highway that also connects with [[port of Paranaguá]]). In January&nbsp;2022, there were almost 100&nbsp;km duplicated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Millonaria inversión permite renovar las principales rutas del país |website=mopc.gov.py |url=https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/noticias/millonaria-inversion-permite-renovar-las-principales-rutas-del-pais |access-date=11 July 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006002515/https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/noticias/millonaria-inversion-permite-renovar-las-principales-rutas-del-pais |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Paraná River|Paraná-Paraguay system]] is a natural north–south downstream waterway of 1,600&nbsp;km of a navigable network area, that gives the region direct access to the [[Atlantic Ocean|ocean]], therefore, river transport is important and extensive, concentrating the most commercial maritime traffic to the [[port of Buenos Aires]]. Asunción is one of the main ports of Paraguay.<ref>{{cite web |title=5&nbsp;Major ports in Paraguay |date=22 November 2022  |website=Marine Insight (marineinsight.com) |language=en |url=https://www.marineinsight.com/know-more/ports-in-paraguay/ |access-date=22 November 2022 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318001638/https://www.marineinsight.com/know-more/ports-in-paraguay/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Principales puertos del Paraguay&nbsp;(1) |date=20 May 2013  |website=ABC Color Paraguay (abc.com.py) |language=es |url=https://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/escolar/principales-puertos-del-paraguay-1-574725.html |access-date=20 May 2013 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318001638/https://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/escolar/principales-puertos-del-paraguay-1-574725.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rio Paraguai tem enorme importância para a capital Assunção |date=August 2014 |website=g1.globo.com |url=https://g1.globo.com/natureza/noticia/2014/08/rio-paraguai-tem-enorme-importancia-para-capital-assuncao.html |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712000639/https://g1.globo.com/natureza/noticia/2014/08/rio-paraguai-tem-enorme-importancia-para-capital-assuncao.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Portos do Mercosul: Conheças os principais |website=fazcomex.com.br |language=pt |url=https://www.fazcomex.com.br/blog/portos-do-mercosul/ |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712000623/https://www.fazcomex.com.br/blog/portos-do-mercosul/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Silvio Pettirossi International Airport|Asunción airport]] is an important stopover for international airlines and [[Guaraní International Airport|Ciudad del Este airport]], is an important international air cargo hub.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gol retoma voos do Brasil para o Paraguai |newspaper=Aero Magazine |date=11 April 2022 |url=https://aeromagazine.uol.com.br/artigo/gol-retoma-voos-do-brasil-para-o-paraguai.html |last1=Cardoso |first1=Marcel |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921122011/https://aeromagazine.uol.com.br/artigo/gol-retoma-voos-do-brasil-para-o-paraguai.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Energy ===
{{main|Energy in Paraguay}}

All of [[Electricity sector in Paraguay|Paraguay's electricity]] is generated by [[hydroelectricity|hydropower]], making it one of the [[List of countries by electricity production from renewable sources|cleanest in the world]]. [[File:ItaipuAerea2AAL.jpg|thumb]]
Paraguay has an installed electrical production capacity of 8,110&nbsp;MW, producing 63&nbsp;billion [[kilowatt-hour|kWh]]/year in 2016; with domestic consumption of just 15&nbsp;billion kWh, the excess production is sold to Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, making Paraguay the world's largest exporter of electric power.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paraguay |department=International |website=U.S. [[Energy Information Administration]] (EIA) (eia.gov) |url=https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/country.php?iso=PRY |url-status=live |access-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106204323/https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/country.php?iso=PRY |archive-date=6 January 2019}}</ref> This production is from two large [[hydroelectric power]] projects along its borders, including the [[Itaipu Dam]], the world's second largest generating station.