Brazil

Cascata Chupinguaia — 10 MW Hydroelectric

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Cascata Chupinguaia is a 10 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
10 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2009

Year online

Owner

Operator

Location
-12.71, -60.87

Coordinates

Insights

#1,224
largest in %s
#5,618
largest %s worldwide
#24,854
largest worldwide
2009
%d yrs newer than avg
15
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
10 MW
Commissioned
2009
Status
Operational
Owner
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-12.714, -60.872

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
807 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
64,586 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

176
cars / year
108
homes / year
36,696
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Cascata Chupinguaia is a 9.6 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2009.

Ranked #403 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, it accounts for 0.01% of Brazil’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is the Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Cascata Chupinguaia 1,458 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Cachoeira (11.12 MW, Hydro), Colorado do Oeste (10.946 MW, Oil), and Cesar Filho (7 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the state of Rondônia, approximately 500 km northwest of Porto Velho.

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