Brazil

Bioenergética Vale do Paracatu – BEVAP — 55 MW Biomass

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Bioenergética Vale do Paracatu – BEVAP is a 55 MW biomass power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
55 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2011

Year online

Owner
Bioenergética Vale do Paracatu

Operator

Location
-17.06, -46.17

Coordinates

Insights

#378
largest in %s
#194
largest %s worldwide
#12,712
largest worldwide
2011
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
5
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
55 MW
Commissioned
2011
Status
Operational
Owner
Bioenergética Vale do Paracatu
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-17.058, -46.174

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
72,029 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1.8M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
230 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

15,659
cars / year
9,604
homes / year
3.3M
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Bioenergética Vale do Paracatu – BEVAP is a 55 MW biomass power plant located in Brazil, commissioned in 2011. It contributes to Brazil’s biomass energy production. This facility represents 0.43% of Brazil’s total biomass capacity of 12,644 MW across 425 plants.

Ranked #72 of 425 biomass plants in Brazil, Bioenergética Vale do Paracatu – BEVAP’s 55 MW is a small portion of the national biomass capacity. The largest biomass plant in Brazil is Klabin Celulose at 330 MW, making this facility 6 times smaller.

The nearest plants include Enervale (30 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in the state of Minas Gerais, approximately 400 km from the nearest major city, Belo Horizonte.

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