Brazil

Faxinal l — 3 MW Hydroelectric

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Faxinal l is a 3 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
3 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1997

Year online

Owner

Operator

Location
-10.16, -59.45

Coordinates

Insights

#1,751
largest in %s
#7,202
largest %s worldwide
#32,762
largest worldwide
1997
%d yrs newer than avg
6
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
3 MW
Commissioned
1997
Status
Operational
Owner
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-10.165, -59.447

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
234 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
18,757 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

51
cars / year
31
homes / year
10,657
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Faxinal I is a 2.79 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 1997.
Ranked #545 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, it represents a mere 0.0015% of Brazil’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is the Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Faxinal I 5,018 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Dardanelos (261 MW, Hydro), Faxinal II (30 MW, Hydro), and Nortao (1.275 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in the state of Mato Grosso, approximately 30 km from the city of Alta Floresta.

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