Brazil

Rio Madeira — 43 MW Oil

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Rio Madeira is a 43 MW oil power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
43 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1988

Year online

Owner
Petrobras

Operator

Location
-8.72, -63.91

Coordinates

Insights

#434
largest in Brazil
#700
largest Oil worldwide
#14,854
largest worldwide
1988
9 yrs older than avg
139
operated by Petrobras
10
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
43 MW
Commissioned
1988
Status
Operational
Owner
Petrobras
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-8.721, -63.905

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
98,957 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2,968,715 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

21,512
cars / year
13,194
homes / year
4,498,053
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Rio Madeira is a 43.448 MW oil power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 1988.

Ranked #39 of 622 oil plants in Brazil. Its 43.448 MW constitutes 0.53% of Brazil’s total oil capacity of 8,220 MW. The largest oil plant in Brazil is Mauá at 553 MW, making Rio Madeira 12.7 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Santo Antônio Dam (3,568.3 MW, Hydro) and Santo Antônio (3,568 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Rondônia, approximately 1,800 km northwest of Brasília.

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