Brazil

Machado Mineiro — 2 MW Hydroelectric

Hydroelectric Renewable Verified

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

Capacity
2 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1992

Year online

Owner

Operator

Location
-15.52, -41.51

Coordinates

Insights

#2,000
largest in %s
#7,648
largest %s worldwide
#35,290
largest worldwide
1992
%d yrs newer than avg
3
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
2 MW
Commissioned
1992
Status
Operational
Owner
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-15.523, -41.511

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
145 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
11,572 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

31
cars / year
19
homes / year
6,575
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Machado Mineiro is a 1.72 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 1992.

Ranked #597 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil. Its 1.72 MW represents 0.001% of Brazil’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Machado Mineiro 8,139 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km. The facility is located in the Minas Gerais region, approximately 400 km from Belo Horizonte.

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