Brazil

Comvap — 9 MW Biomass

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Comvap is a 9 MW biomass power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
9 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2009

Year online

Owner

Operator

Location
-4.85, -42.88

Coordinates

Insights

#1,262
largest in %s
#772
largest %s worldwide
#25,414
largest worldwide
2009
%d yrs newer than avg
9
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
9 MW
Commissioned
2009
Status
Operational
Owner
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-4.850, -42.877

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
11,525 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
288,116 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
230 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

2,505
cars / year
1,537
homes / year
523,848
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Comvap is an 8.8 MW biomass power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2009. It is part of Brazil’s biomass sector, which has a total capacity of 12,644 MW across 425 plants, with Comvap contributing 0.07%.

Ranked #243 of 425 biomass plants in Brazil, Comvap’s capacity is relatively small. The largest biomass plant in Brazil is Klabin Celulose at 330 MW, making Comvap 37.5 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Altos (13.12 MW, Oil), Marambaia (13.12 MW, Oil), and TERESINA SHOPPING CONDOMÍNIO (4 MW, Oil). The facility is situated in Maranhão, approximately 300 km from São Luís.

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