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Alto Jatapu — 5 MW Hydroelectric

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

Capacity
5 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2016

Year online

Owner
Eletrobras

Operator

Location
0.90, -59.33

Coordinates

Insights

#1,394
largest in %s
#6,423
largest %s worldwide
#28,340
largest worldwide
2016
%d yrs newer than avg
63
operated by %s
1
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
5 MW
Commissioned
2016
Status
Operational
Owner
Eletrobras
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
0.900, -59.333

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
420 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
33,638 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

91
cars / year
56
homes / year
19,113
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Alto Jatapu is a 5 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2014.

Ranked #469 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, Alto Jatapu’s 5 MW accounts for 0.0028% of Brazil’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Alto Jatapu 2,800 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km. The facility is located in the state of Amazonas, approximately 1,000 km northwest of Manaus.

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