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Lagoa Grande — 26 MW Hydroelectric

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Lagoa Grande is a 26 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
26 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2008

Year online

Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG)

Operator

Location
-12.15, -46.82

Coordinates

Insights

#789
largest in %s
#4,068
largest %s worldwide
#17,623
largest worldwide
2008
%d yrs newer than avg
120
operated by %s
12
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
26 MW
Commissioned
2008
Status
Operational
Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG)
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-12.153, -46.818

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
2,153 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
172,229 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

468
cars / year
287
homes / year
97,857
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Lagoa Grande is a 25.6 MW hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2008.

Ranked #253 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil. Its 25.6 MW represents 0.01% of Brazil’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Lagoa Grande 548 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Porto Franco (30 MW, Hydro), Boa Sorte (16 MW, Hydro), and Riacho Preto (9.3 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the state of Mato Grosso, approximately 1,000 km from Brasília.

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