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Copesul — 74 MW Oil

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Copesul is a 74 MW oil power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
74 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1999

Year online

Owner
Copesul S.A.

Operator

Location
-29.94, -51.71

Coordinates

Insights

#334
largest in %s
#529
largest %s worldwide
#11,531
largest worldwide
1999
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
38
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
74 MW
Commissioned
1999
Status
Operational
Owner
Copesul S.A.
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-29.939, -51.709

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
169,453 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
5.1M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

36,838
cars / year
22,594
homes / year
7.7M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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CMPC (Antiga Aracruz Unidade Guaíba)

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Sepé Tiaraju (Antiga Canoas)

Brazil · Natural Gas

249MW · 2001

Passo Real

Brazil · Hydroelectric

158MW · 1973

Castro Alves

Brazil · Hydroelectric

131MW · 2008

Monte Claro

Brazil · Hydroelectric

130MW · 2004

About this plant

Copesul is a 74.4 MW oil power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 1999.

Ranked #31 of 622 oil plants in Brazil, Copesul represents 0.91% of the country’s total oil capacity of 8,220 MW. The largest oil plant in Brazil is Mauá at 553 MW, making Copesul 7.4 times smaller.

Nearby plants include CMPC (Antiga Aracruz Unidade Guaíba) (250.994 MW, Biomass), São Jerônimo (20 MW, Coal), and Biotérmica Recreio (8.556 MW, Waste). The facility is located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, approximately 30 km from Porto Alegre.

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