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Potiguar III — 66 MW Oil

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Potiguar III is a 66 MW oil power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
66 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2009

Year online

Owner
Petrobras

Operator

Location
-5.87, -35.30

Coordinates

Insights

#352
largest in %s
#557
largest %s worldwide
#11,951
largest worldwide
2009
%d yrs newer than avg
139
operated by %s
101
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
66 MW
Commissioned
2009
Status
Operational
Owner
Petrobras
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-5.869, -35.305

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
151,233 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4.5M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

32,877
cars / year
20,164
homes / year
6.9M
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

Potiguar III is a 66.4 MW oil-fired power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2009.

Ranked #32 of 622 oil plants in Brazil. Its 66.4 MW represents 0.81% of Brazil’s total oil capacity of 8,220 MW. The largest oil plant in Brazil is Mauá at 553 MW, making Potiguar III 8.3 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Potiguar (53.12 MW, Oil) and Riachão VII (29.7 MW, Wind). The facility is located in the Rio Grande do Norte state, approximately 200 km west of Natal.

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