Brazil

Simasa — 8 MW Biomass

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Simasa is a 8 MW biomass power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
8 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2003

Year online

Owner

Operator

Location
-4.88, -47.38

Coordinates

Insights

#1,280
largest in %s
#788
largest %s worldwide
#25,781
largest worldwide
2003
%d yrs older than avg
4
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
8 MW
Commissioned
2003
Status
Operational
Owner
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-4.884, -47.376

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
10,477 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
261,924 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
230 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

2,278
cars / year
1,397
homes / year
476,225
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Simasa is an 8 MW biomass power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2003.
Ranked #248 of 425 biomass plants in Brazil, it represents 0.06% of Brazil’s total biomass capacity of 12,644 MW. The largest biomass plant in Brazil is Klabin Celulose at 330 MW, making Simasa 41.25 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Gusa Nordeste (10 MW, Biomass) and Viena (7.2 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in Maranhão, approximately 300 km from São Luís.

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