Brazil

Parnaíba IV — 56 MW Natural Gas

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Parnaíba IV is a 56 MW gas power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
56 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2013

Year online

Owner
Petrobras

Operator

Location
-4.81, -44.34

Coordinates

Insights

#372
largest in %s
#3,650
largest %s worldwide
#12,645
largest worldwide
2013
%d yrs newer than avg
139
operated by %s
4
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
56 MW
Commissioned
2013
Status
Operational
Owner
Petrobras
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-4.814, -44.344

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
108,704 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
3.3M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

23,631
cars / year
14,494
homes / year
4.9M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Parnaíba IV is a 56.277 MW gas-fired power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2013.

Ranked #61 of 146 gas plants in Brazil, it represents 0.2% of Brazil’s total gas capacity of 27,781 MW. The largest gas plant in Brazil is Porto de Sergipe I Thermoelectric Plant at 1,551 MW, making Parnaíba IV 27.5 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Parnaíba Thermoelectric Complex (Gas, 1,428 MW), Maranhão III (Gas, 518.8 MW), and MC2 Nova Venécia 2 (Gas, 176.2 MW). The facility is located in Maranhão, approximately 200 km from São Luís.

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