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Gusa Nordeste — 10 MW Biomass

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Gusa Nordeste is a 10 MW biomass power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
10 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2008

Year online

Owner
—

Operator

Location
-4.89, -47.38

Coordinates

Insights

#1,199
largest in Brazil
#706
largest Biomass worldwide
#23,756
largest worldwide
2008
3 yrs newer than avg
4
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
10 MW
Commissioned
2008
Status
Operational
Owner
—
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-4.889, -47.378

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
13,096 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
327,405 t

over ~25 yrs

Intensity
230 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

2,847
cars / year
1,746
homes / year
595,282
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Suzano Maranhão Thermal Power Plant

Brazil · Natural Gas

255MW · 2014

Suzano Maranhão

Brazil · Biomass

255MW · 2014

Simasa

Brazil · Biomass

8MW · 2003

Viena

Brazil · Biomass

7MW · 2008

About this plant

Gusa Nordeste is a 10 MW biomass power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2008. It operates within Brazil’s biomass sector, which consists of 425 plants. The total biomass capacity in Brazil is 12,644 MW.

Ranked #227 of 425 biomass plants in Brazil, Gusa Nordeste accounts for 0.08% of the country’s biomass capacity. The largest biomass plant in Brazil is Klabin Celulose at 330 MW, making Gusa Nordeste 33 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Suzano Maranhão (254.84 MW, Biomass), Simasa (8 MW, Biomass), and Viena (7.2 MW, Biomass). The facility is situated in Maranhão, approximately 400 km from São Luís.

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