Brazil

Americana — 30 MW Hydroelectric

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Americana is a 30 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
30 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1949

Year online

Owner
Eletrobras

Operator

Location
-22.70, -47.28

Coordinates

Insights

#523
largest in %s
#3,804
largest %s worldwide
#16,429
largest worldwide
1949
%d yrs older than avg
63
operated by %s
168
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
30 MW
Commissioned
1949
Status
Operational
Owner
Eletrobras
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-22.699, -47.284

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
2,523 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
201,830 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

548
cars / year
336
homes / year
114,676
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Americana is a 30 MW hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 1949.
Ranked #200 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, it represents 0.02% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Americana 466.7 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Refinaria de Paulínea – REPLAN (102.26 MW, Oil), Costa Pinto (75 MW, Biomass), and Ripasa (53.48 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in São Paulo state, approximately 150 km northwest of São Paulo city.

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