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Nortao — 1 MW Biomass

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Nortao is a 1 MW biomass power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
1 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2011

Year online

Owner
—

Operator

Location
-10.19, -59.43

Coordinates

Insights

#2,160
largest in %s
#1,326
largest %s worldwide
#36,748
largest worldwide
2011
%d yrs newer than avg
6
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
1 MW
Commissioned
2011
Status
Operational
Owner
—
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-10.189, -59.435

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,670 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
41,744 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
230 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

363
cars / year
223
homes / year
75,898
trees to offset

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

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Dardanelos

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261MW · 2011

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30MW · 2005

Juruena

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4MW · 2003

Faxinal l

Brazil · Hydroelectric

3MW · 1997

Juína

Brazil · Hydroelectric

3MW · 2010

Egídio

Brazil · Biomass

2MW · 1997

About this plant

Nortao is a 1.275 MW biomass power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2011.

Ranked #411 of 425 biomass plants in Brazil, Nortao’s capacity represents 0.01% of Brazil’s total biomass capacity of 12,644 MW. The largest biomass plant in Brazil is Klabin Celulose at 330 MW, making Nortao 259 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Dardanelos (261 MW, Hydro), Faxinal II (30 MW, Hydro), and Faxinal I (2.788 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the state of Mato Grosso, approximately 400 km from Cuiabá.

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