Brazil

Boa Sorte — 16 MW Hydroelectric

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Boa Sorte is a 16 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
16 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2008

Year online

Owner

Operator

Location
-11.88, -46.77

Coordinates

Insights

#1,042
largest in %s
#4,779
largest %s worldwide
#20,858
largest worldwide
2008
%d yrs newer than avg
12
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
16 MW
Commissioned
2008
Status
Operational
Owner
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-11.880, -46.772

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,346 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
107,643 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

293
cars / year
179
homes / year
61,161
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Boa Sorte is a 16 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2008. It operates within the hydro sector, which has a total capacity of 180,234 MW across 720 plants in Brazil.

Ranked #336 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, Boa Sorte’s 16 MW represents 0.01% of the country’s hydro capacity. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Boa Sorte 875 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Porto Franco (30 MW, Hydro), Lagoa Grande (25.6 MW, Hydro), and Agro Trafo (14.683 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Maranhão, approximately 400 km from São Luís.

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