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English Mosquitão is a 30 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Commissioned
- 2006
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Eletrobras
- Country
- Brazil
- Coordinates
- -16.342, -51.438
Estimated Carbon Footprint
tonnes / year
over ~80 yrs
gCO₂ per kWh
Annual emissions equal to
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About this plant
Mosquitão is a 30 MW hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2006. It operates under an undisclosed entity and contributes to Brazil’s hydroelectric capacity.
Ranked #200 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, Mosquitão represents 0.02% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Mosquitão 466.7 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Santo Antônio do Caiapó (30 MW, Hydro), Tamboril (29.328 MW, Hydro), and Piranhas (18.05 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the state of Mato Grosso, approximately 300 km from the city of Cuiabá.
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