Brazil

Salto das Flores — 7 MW Hydroelectric

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Salto das Flores is a 7 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
7 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2011

Year online

Owner

Operator

Location
-26.67, -53.66

Coordinates

Insights

#1,328
largest in Brazil
#6,099
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#26,909
largest worldwide
2011
27 yrs newer than avg
25
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
7 MW
Commissioned
2011
Status
Operational
Owner
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-26.667, -53.664

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
563 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
45,075 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

122
cars per year
75
homes per year
25,611
trees to offset

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

Nearby Plants

About this plant

Salto das Flores is a 6.7 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2011.

Ranked #441 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, this facility’s capacity accounts for 0.0037% of Brazil’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Salto das Flores 2,086.6 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Flor do Sertão (16.5 MW, Hydro), Belmonte (3.6 MW, Hydro), and Bandeirante (3 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the state of Paraná, approximately 400 km southwest of Curitiba.

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