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Lajes — 2 MW Hydroelectric

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Lajes is a 2 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
2 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
—

Operator

Location
-6.78, -48.15

Coordinates

Insights

#1,889
largest in Brazil
#7,431
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#33,882
largest worldwide
1
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
2 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
—
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-6.782, -48.151

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
174 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
13,926 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

38
cars / year
23
homes / year
7,913
trees to offset

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

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Cosipar

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About this plant

Lajes is a 2.07 MW hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, with commissioning year 1964. It is one of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, contributing to a total capacity of 180,234 MW.

Ranked #576 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, Lajes’s 2.07 MW represents a negligible share of the national hydro capacity. The largest hydro facility in Brazil is the Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Lajes 6,770 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km of Lajes. The facility is located in the Maranhão region, approximately 200 km from the nearest major city, São Luís.

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