Brazil

Monte Belo — 5 MW Hydroelectric

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Monte Belo is a 5 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
5 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG)

Operator

Location
-11.93, -62.18

Coordinates

Insights

#1,438
largest in %s
#6,544
largest %s worldwide
#29,780
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
120
operated by %s
7
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
5 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG)
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-11.932, -62.183

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
404 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
32,293 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

88
cars / year
54
homes / year
18,348
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Monte Belo is a 4.8 MW hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2009. It operates within a network of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, which together produce 180,234 MW.

Ranked #475 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, Monte Belo’s 4.8 MW represents a mere 0.0027% of the country’s total hydro capacity. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Monte Belo 2,916 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Rio Branco (7.14 MW, Hydro), Saldanha (5.28 MW, Hydro), and Alta Floresta (5 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the state of Mato Grosso, approximately 200 km from the city of Cuiabá.

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