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Power plants in Brazil

A directory of 2,549 power plants in Brazil with a combined installed capacity of 164,471 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

2,549power plants
164,471MW total capacity
10fuel types
81with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Brazil)

Hydro: 701 plants701HydroOil: 644 plants644OilBiomass: 588 plants588BiomassWind: 412 plants412WindGas: 133 plants133GasSolar: 24 plants24SolarCoal: 21 plants21CoalWaste: 12 plants12Waste

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Brazil electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

110gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
88.7%low-carbon electricity
86.6%renewables
11.3%fossil fuels
Hydro: 52 % of electricity52HydroWind: 16 % of electricity16WindSolar: 12 % of electricity12SolarGas: 7 % of electricity7GasBioenergy: 7 % of electricity7BioenergyCoal: 2 % of electricity2CoalNuclear: 2 % of electricity2NuclearOil: 2 % of electricity2Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Brazil

#PlantFuelMW
1TucuruíHydro8,535
2Itaipu (Parte Brasileira)Hydro7,000
3JirauHydro3,750
4Santo AntônioHydro3,568
5Ilha SolteiraHydro3,444
6Belo MonteHydro3,328
7XingóHydro3,162
8Paulo Afonso IVHydro2,462
9ItumbiaraHydro2,080
10Teles PiresHydro1,820
11São SimãoHydro1,710
12Governador Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto (Foz do Areia)Hydro1,676
13Jupiá (Eng° Souza Dias)Hydro1,551
14Porto Primavera (Eng° Sérgio Motta)Hydro1,540
15Luiz Gonzaga (Itaparica)Hydro1,480
16ItáHydro1,450
17MarimbondoHydro1,440
18Salto SantiagoHydro1,420
19Água Vermelha (Antiga José Ermírio de Moraes)Hydro1,396
20Almirante Álvaro Alberto - Unidade II (Antiga Angra II)Nuclear1,350

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Hydro (701)Oil (644)Biomass (588)Wind (412)Gas (133)Solar (24)Coal (21)Waste (12)Other (12)