Brazil

Paraíso I — 22 MW Hydroelectric

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Paraíso I is a 22 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
22 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2004

Year online

Owner
Eletrobras

Operator

Location
-19.00, -53.00

Coordinates

Insights

#906
largest in %s
#4,353
largest %s worldwide
#18,706
largest worldwide
2004
%d yrs newer than avg
63
operated by %s
13
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
22 MW
Commissioned
2004
Status
Operational
Owner
Eletrobras
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-19.000, -53.000

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,816 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
145,318 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

395
cars / year
242
homes / year
82,567
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Paraíso I is a 21.6 MW hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2004.

Ranked #291 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, it accounts for 0.01% 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 Paraíso I 648.1 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Unidade de Bioenergia Costa Rica (79.828 MW, Biomass), Iaco Agrícola (64 MW, Biomass), and Alto Sucuriú (29 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

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