Brazil

Cabeça de Boi — 30 MW Hydroelectric

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Cabeça de Boi is a 30 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
30 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2016

Year online

Owner
Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco

Operator

Location
-10.35, -56.99

Coordinates

Insights

#523
largest in %s
#3,804
largest %s worldwide
#16,429
largest worldwide
2016
%d yrs newer than avg
10
operated by %s
7
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
30 MW
Commissioned
2016
Status
Operational
Owner
Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-10.354, -56.985

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
2,523 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
201,830 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

548
cars / year
336
homes / year
114,676
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Cabeça de Boi is a 30 MW hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2016. It operates under the country’s extensive hydroelectric framework.

Ranked #200 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, Cabeça de Boi’s 30 MW accounts for 0.02% of Brazil’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Cabeça de Boi 466.7 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Salto Apiacás (45 MW, Hydro) and Da Fazenda (27 MW, Hydro). The facility is situated in the state of Mato Grosso, approximately 500 km from Cuiabá.

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