Brazil

Retiro Baixo — 84 MW Hydroelectric

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Retiro Baixo is a 84 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
84 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais

Operator

Location
-18.89, -44.78

Coordinates

Insights

#307
largest in %s
#2,533
largest %s worldwide
#10,995
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
32
operated by %s
16
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
84 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-18.894, -44.782

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
7,035 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
562,818 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,529
cars / year
938
homes / year
319,783
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Retiro Baixo is an 83.657 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2010.

Ranked #158 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil. Its 83.657 MW represents 0.05% of Brazil’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Retiro Baixo 167.6 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plant is Agropéu (21.6 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in Minas Gerais, approximately 300 km from the major city of Belo Horizonte.

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