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Água Limpa — 14 MW Hydroelectric

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Água Limpa is a 14 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
14 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG)

Operator

Location
-11.69, -46.71

Coordinates

Insights

#1,104
largest in %s
#5,010
largest %s worldwide
#21,742
largest worldwide
2010
%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
14 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG)
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-11.692, -46.705

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,177 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
94,188 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

256
cars / year
157
homes / year
53,516
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Água Limpa is a 14 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2010.

Ranked #361 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, it 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 Água Limpa 1,000 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Porto Franco (30 MW, Hydro), Boa Sorte (16 MW, Hydro), and Agro Trafo (14.683 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Maranhão state, approximately 400 km from São Luís.

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