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Tucuruí Dam is the largest ever built in a rainforest , situated in the Amazon Basin of northeastern Brazil with a capacity of 8,370MW . According to the WWF , 90 % of Brazil ’ s power is hydroelectric – harnessing the Amazon ’ s aquatic force whilst offering the opportunity to sell power abroad . Unfortunately , the dam ’ s virtues comes at the cost of ethical and environmental sustainability . The WWF noted that 40,000 people were displaced by the dam ’ s construction , and rotting vegetation at the bottom of the reservoir accounts for a sixth of the country ’ s total GHG emissions .

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