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Sete Quedas Alta — 22 MW Hydroelectric

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Sete Quedas Alta is a 22 MW hydro power plant located in Brazil. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
22 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG)

Operator

Location
-16.31, -55.06

Coordinates

Insights

#891
largest in %s
#4,307
largest %s worldwide
#18,560
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
120
operated by %s
16
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
22 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG)
Country
Brazil
Coordinates
-16.305, -55.056

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,850 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
148,009 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

402
cars / year
247
homes / year
84,096
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Sete Quedas Alta is a 22 MW hydroelectric power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2010.

Ranked #285 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, it represents 0.01% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Sete Quedas Alta 636.4 times smaller.

Nearby plants include São Lourenço (29.1 MW, Hydro), Rondonópolis (26.6 MW, Hydro), and Engenheiro José Gelásio da Rocha (24.4 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the state of Mato Grosso, approximately 800 km from Brasília.

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