Brazil

Alcon — 11 MW Biomass

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Alcon is a 11 MW biomass power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
11 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2001

Year online

Owner
Alcon

Operator

Location
-18.45, -39.94

Coordinates

Insights

#1,174
largest in %s
#687
largest %s worldwide
#23,194
largest worldwide
2001
%d yrs older than avg
1
operated by %s
3
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
11 MW
Commissioned
2001
Status
Operational
Owner
Alcon
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-18.453, -39.936

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
14,668 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
366,694 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
230 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

3,189
cars / year
1,956
homes / year
666,716
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Alcon is an 11.2 MW biomass power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2001.

Ranked #223 of 425 biomass plants in Brazil, Alcon’s 11.2 MW represents 0.09% of Brazil’s total biomass capacity of 12,644 MW. The largest biomass plant in Brazil is Klabin Celulose at 330 MW, making Alcon 29.5 times smaller.

The nearest plant is Suzano Mucuri (214.08 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in the state of Minas Gerais, approximately 300 km from the city of Belo Horizonte.

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