List of power stations in Brazil explained

The following page lists the power stations in Brazil.

Coal

Station	Community	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year commissioned	Operator	Notes
Alegrete	RS		66	1968	Tractebel Energia		[1]
Charqueadas	RS		72	1962–1969	Tractebel Energia		[2]
Figueira	PR		20	1963–1974	Cia Paranaense de Energia
Jorge Lacerda	SC		857	1965–1974, 1979–1980, 1996	Tractebel Energia
Porto do Itaqui	MA		365	2013	MPX Energia
Porto do Pecém	CE		720	2012	Energia Pecém		[3]

Gas and oil fired

Station	Community	Coordinates	Operator	Capacity (MW)	Year	Notes
Campos	RJ		Furnas	30	1968		[4] [5]
Piratininga	SP		Empresa Metropolitana de Aguas e Energia	372	1954–1960
Presidente Vargas	RJ		Cia Siderurgica National	230	1999
Santa Cruz	RJ		Furnas	350	1967–1973
Sao Goncalo	RJ		Furnas	33	1956–1961
Sol Coke Works	ES		Sol Coqueria Tubarão	198	2007	Waste heat

Gas turbines

Station	Community	Coordinates	Operator	Capacity (MW)	Notes
Aureliano Chaves (Ibirite)	MG		Ibiritermo SA	226	2002–2003	[6] [7]
Barbosa Lima Sobrinho	RJ		Petrobras	384	2001	[8]
Camacari				347	2003	[9]
Fafen Energia (Camacari)	BA		Fafen Energia	134	2003
Luis Carlos Prestes	MS		Petrobas	368	2002–2012
Macae	RJ		Petrobras	920	2001–2002
Norte Fluminense	RJ		UTE Norte Fluminense	780	2003–2004
Parnaíba Complex	MA		Eneva	1,400	2013
Santa Cruz Repower	RJ		Furnas	514	2008
Termoaçu	RN		Petrobas	342	2007–2008
Termoaraucária	PR		Cia Paranaense de Energia Eletrica	480	2002
Termobahia	BA		Termobahia SA	190	2002
Termofortaleza	CE		Endesa Brasil	343	2003
Termo Norte-II	RO		Termo Norte Energia Ltda	360	2003
Termopernambuco	PE		Guaraniana SA	500	2004
TermoRio (Leonel Brizola)	RJ		TermoRio (Petrobras)	1,044	2004–2005
Uruguaiana	RS		AES São Paulo	520	2000

Internal combustion engines

Station	Community	Coordinates	Operator	Capacity (MW)	Notes
Aterro Uberlândia	MG		Energas Geração de Energia Ltda	5.6
Cristiano Rocha	AM		Rio Amazonas Energia SA	85.4		[10] [11]
GERA	AM		Usina Geradora de Energia do Amazonas SA	83		[12]
Serra do Navio	AP		Amapari Energy	22.8
Sete Lagoas	MG		Cummins Brasil	66
Suape-II	PE		Energética Suape II SA	380

Hydroelectric

See main article: List of hydroelectric power stations in Brazil.

Solar

Station	Community	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Operator	Refs
Lapa Solar Park	BA		158	Enel Green Power
Ituverava Solar Park	BA		254	Enel Green Power
Horizonte Solar Park	BA		103	Enel Green Power
Nova Olinda Solar Park	PI		292	Enel Green Power
Pirapora	MG		400	EDF EN

Wind

Station	Community	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Operator	Refs
Alto Sertão Wind Farm I	BA		386
Alto Sertão Wind Farm II	BA		293
Delta 3 Wind Farm	MA		220
Osório Wind Farm	RS		150
Trairi Wind Farm	RS		125
Capão do Tigre Wind Farm	RS		180
União dos Ventos Wind Farm	RN		169
Morro dos Ventos Wind Farm	RN		145
Agua Doce Wind Farm	SC		142
Bons Ventos Wind Farm	CE		138

See also

• Electricity sector in Brazil
• Energy policy of Brazil
• List of power stations in South America
• List of largest power stations in the world
• Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coal-Fired Plants in Brazil . https://archive.today/20130629122056/http://www.industcards.com/st-coal-brazil.htm . dead . 29 June 2013 . Power Plants Around The World . Gallery . 4 May 2013 . 21 March 2014 .
2. Web site: Charqueadas Coal Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 21 March 2014.
3. Web site: pecem.brasil.edp.com . 2019-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191018133144/https://pecem.brasil.edp.com/en/power-plant-2 . 2019-10-18 . dead .
4. Web site: Gas- and Oil-fired Plants in Brazil . Power Plants Around The World . Gallery . 19 March 2011 . 21 March 2014 . dead . http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090718135436/http%3A//www.industcards.com/st%2Dother%2Dbrazil.htm . 18 July 2009 .
5. Web site: Campos Thermal Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 21 March 2014.
6. Web site: CCGT Plants in Brazil . Power Plants Around The World . Gallery . 30 March 2013 . 21 March 2014 . dead . http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090718083302/http%3A//www.industcards.com/cc%2Dbrazil.htm . 18 July 2009 .
7. Web site: Aureliano Chaves (Ibirite) CCGT Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 21 March 2014.
8. Web site: Barbosa Lima Sobrinho Gas Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 22 March 2014.
9. Web site: Camacari CHESF OCGT Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 21 March 2014.
10. Web site: Diesel and Gas-Engine Plants in Brazil . Power Plants Around The World . Gallery . 10 December 2013 . 22 March 2014.
11. Web site: Cristiano Rocha Oil Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 22 March 2014.
12. Web site: Ponta Negra (GERA) Oil Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 22 March 2014.
13. Web site: Angra Nuclear Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 21 March 2014.