Brazil

Braço Norte — 5 MW Hydroelectric

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Braço Norte is a 5 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
5 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2014

Year online

Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais

Operator

Location
-9.83, -55.02

Coordinates

Insights

#1,386
largest in %s
#6,411
largest %s worldwide
#28,267
largest worldwide
2014
%d yrs newer than avg
32
operated by %s
3
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
5 MW
Commissioned
2014
Status
Operational
Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-9.832, -55.015

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
436 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
34,849 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

95
cars / year
58
homes / year
19,801
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Braço Norte is a 5.18 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, part of a larger network of 720 plants.

Ranked #466 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, it contributes to 0.0029% of Brazil’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Braço Norte 2,698 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Braço Norte III (14.16 MW, Hydro), Braço Norte IV (14 MW, Hydro), and Braço Norte II (10.752 MW, Hydro). The facility is situated in the state of Mato Grosso, approximately 500 km from the nearest major city, Cuiabá.

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