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Largest power plants in Minas Gerais, Brazil by capacity

The biggest power plants in Minas Gerais, Brazil ranked by installed capacity (MW). Open data.

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	São Simão	Hydro	Brazil	1,710
2	Água Vermelha (Antiga José Ermírio de Moraes)	Hydro	Brazil	1,396.2
3	Furnas	Hydro	Brazil	1,216
4	Emborcação	Hydro	Brazil	1,192
5	Cachoeira Dourada	Hydro	Brazil	658
6	Nova Ponte	Hydro	Brazil	510
7	Marechal Mascarenhas de Moraes (Antiga Peixoto)	Hydro	Brazil	476
8	Jaguara	Hydro	Brazil	424
9	Miranda	Hydro	Brazil	408
10	Irapé	Hydro	Brazil	399
11	Três Marias	Hydro	Brazil	396
12	Volta Grande	Hydro	Brazil	380
13	Simplício	Hydro	Brazil	334
14	Porto Colômbia	Hydro	Brazil	320
15	Amador Aguiar I (Antiga Capim Branco I)	Hydro	Brazil	240
16	Jacutinga power station	Gas	Brazil	238
17	Aureliano Chaves (Antiga Ibirité)	Gas	Brazil	235
18	Amador Aguiar II (Antiga Capim Branco II)	Hydro	Brazil	210
19	Funil	Hydro	Brazil	180
20	Pirapora I	Solar	Brazil	150
21	Baguari	Hydro	Brazil	140.5
22	Guilman Amorim	Hydro	Brazil	140
23	Risoleta Neves (Antiga Candonga)	Hydro	Brazil	140
24	Igarapé	Oil	Brazil	131
25	Paracatu	Solar	Brazil	120
26	Pirapora II	Solar	Brazil	115
27	Porto Estrela	Hydro	Brazil	112
28	Queimado	Hydro	Brazil	105.5
29	Açominas power station	Gas	Brazil	103
30	Açominas	Coal	Brazil	102.9
31	Salto Grande	Hydro	Brazil	102
32	Cenibra	Biomass	Brazil	100
33	Vazante	Solar	Brazil	90
34	Santa Juliana	Biomass	Brazil	88
35	Juiz de Fora	Gas	Brazil	87
36	LDC Bioenergia Lagoa da Prata (Antiga Louis Dreyfus Lagoa da Prata)	Biomass	Brazil	85
37	Retiro Baixo	Hydro	Brazil	84
38	Volta Grande power station	Biomass	Brazil	80
39	Sá Carvalho	Hydro	Brazil	78
40	Pirapora III	Solar	Brazil	72
41	Engenheiro José Luiz Muller de Godoy Pereira (Antiga Foz do Rio Claro)	Hydro	Brazil	68.4
42	Itumbiara power station	Biomass	Brazil	62
43	Santa Clara	Hydro	Brazil	60
44	Sobragi	Hydro	Brazil	60
45	Ituiutaba	Biomass	Brazil	56
46	São Judas Tadeu	Biomass	Brazil	56
47	Bioenergética Vale do Paracatu - BEVAP	Biomass	Brazil	55
48	Vale do São Simão	Biomass	Brazil	55
49	Cerradão	Biomass	Brazil	54
50	Itutinga	Hydro	Brazil	52
51	Picada	Hydro	Brazil	50
52	WD	Biomass	Brazil	48
53	Camargos	Hydro	Brazil	46
54	Vale do Tijuco	Biomass	Brazil	45
55	Santa Vitória	Biomass	Brazil	41.4
56	Cachoeira Dourada	Biomass	Brazil	40
57	Ipatinga	Gas	Brazil	40
58	Vale do Tijuco II	Biomass	Brazil	40
59	Triângulo Energia power station	Biomass	Brazil	40
60	Barra do Braúna	Hydro	Brazil	39
61	Energética Tupaciguara power station	Biomass	Brazil	35
62	Bambuí	Biomass	Brazil	30
63	Campo Florido	Biomass	Brazil	30
64	Coruripe Energética - Filial Campo Florido	Biomass	Brazil	30
65	Enervale	Biomass	Brazil	30
66	Guimarania 1	Solar	Brazil	30
67	Guimarania 2	Solar	Brazil	30
68	Serra das Agulhas	Hydro	Brazil	30
69	Nova Maurício	Hydro	Brazil	29.2
70	DVPA	Biomass	Brazil	28
71	Cachoeirão	Hydro	Brazil	27
72	Unaí Baixo	Hydro	Brazil	26
73	Cargill Uberlândia	Biomass	Brazil	25
74	Total	Biomass	Brazil	25
75	Ivan Botelho I (Antiga Ponte)	Hydro	Brazil	24.4
76	Ivan Botelho III (Antiga Triunfo)	Hydro	Brazil	24.4
77	Vale Fertilizantes Uberaba (Antiga Fosfértil - Expansão do Complexo Industrial Uberaba)	Oil	Brazil	24.4
78	Coruripe Iturama	Biomass	Brazil	24
79	Mata Velha	Hydro	Brazil	24
80	Barra da Paciência	Hydro	Brazil	23
81	Pai Joaquim	Hydro	Brazil	23
82	Ormeo Junqueira Botelho (Antiga Cachoeira Encoberta)	Hydro	Brazil	22.7
83	Funil	Hydro	Brazil	22.5
84	João Camilo Penna (Antiga Cachoeira do Emboque)	Hydro	Brazil	22
85	Piedade	Hydro	Brazil	21.7
86	Agropéu	Biomass	Brazil	21.6
87	Paiol	Hydro	Brazil	20
88	Pipoca	Hydro	Brazil	20
89	Usina Coruripe Açúcar e Álcool	Biomass	Brazil	20
90	Areia Branca	Hydro	Brazil	19.8
91	Contagem	Gas	Brazil	19.3
92	Mucuri	Hydro	Brazil	19.1
93	Malagone	Hydro	Brazil	19
94	Usiminas	Biomass	Brazil	18.8
95	Usina Monte Alegre	Biomass	Brazil	18.5
96	Frutal	Biomass	Brazil	16.1
97	Bioenergética Aroeira	Biomass	Brazil	16
98	CET power station	Biomass	Brazil	16
99	Túlio Cordeiro de Mello (Antiga Granada)	Hydro	Brazil	15.9
100	Walter Rossi (Antiga Antas II)	Hydro	Brazil	15.8
101	Carangola	Hydro	Brazil	15
102	Triálcool	Biomass	Brazil	15
103	Passos	Biomass	Brazil	14.1
104	Corrente Grande	Hydro	Brazil	14
105	Ivan Botelho II (Antiga Palestina)	Hydro	Brazil	12.5
106	Brecha	Hydro	Brazil	12.4
107	Uberaba	Biomass	Brazil	12
108	Limeira do Oeste power station	Biomass	Brazil	12
109	Glória	Hydro	Brazil	11.4
110	Selecta	Biomass	Brazil	11.4
111	São Gonçalo (Antiga Santa Bárbara)	Hydro	Brazil	11
112	Cocais Grande	Hydro	Brazil	10
113	Fumaça	Hydro	Brazil	10
114	Ninho da Águia	Hydro	Brazil	10
115	Mello	Hydro	Brazil	9.5
116	Peti	Hydro	Brazil	9.4
117	Rio de Pedras	Hydro	Brazil	9.3
118	Gabriel Passos	Oil	Brazil	9.2
119	Poço Fundo	Hydro	Brazil	9.2
120	Benjamim Mário Baptista (Antiga Nova Sinceridade)	Hydro	Brazil	9
121	Rio Piracicaba	Hydro	Brazil	9
122	Varginha	Hydro	Brazil	9
123	Pedro Affonso Junqueira (Antiga Antas I)	Hydro	Brazil	8.9
124	Metalsider	Coal	Brazil	8.8
125	Alterosa	Oil	Brazil	8
126	Alvorada	Biomass	Brazil	8
127	Continental	Biomass	Brazil	8
128	Zé Tunin	Hydro	Brazil	8
129	Padre Carlos (Antiga Rolador)	Hydro	Brazil	7.8
130	Várzea Alegre	Hydro	Brazil	7.5
131	Monte Alto	Hydro	Brazil	7.4
132	Cajuru	Hydro	Brazil	7.2
133	Asja Sabará power station	Biomass	Brazil	7.1
134	São Bernardo	Hydro	Brazil	6.82
135	Furquim	Hydro	Brazil	6
136	Inhapim	Hydro	Brazil	6
137	Bahia Etanol Energia Renovável power station	Biomass	Brazil	6
138	Guary	Hydro	Brazil	5.4
139	Santa Helena	Hydro	Brazil	5.3
140	Plantar	Biomass	Brazil	5
141	Siderúrgica União	Biomass	Brazil	5
142	Usipar Industria e Comercio	Biomass	Brazil	5
143	Vale do Paranaíba	Biomass	Brazil	5
144	Veríssimo	Biomass	Brazil	5
145	UT UGPU Itabirito	Gas	Brazil	4.95
146	AVG I-II	Biomass	Brazil	4.8
147	Salto	Hydro	Brazil	4.5
148	Fumaça IV	Hydro	Brazil	4.5
149	Caboclo	Hydro	Brazil	4.42
150	Asja BH	Waste	Brazil	4.3
151	Paraúna	Hydro	Brazil	4.28
152	CTR Juiz de Fora	Waste	Brazil	4.28
153	Uberlândia	Waste	Brazil	4.28
154	Funil	Hydro	Brazil	4.23
155	Dasa	Biomass	Brazil	4.2
156	Pandeiros	Hydro	Brazil	4.2
157	São Simão	Biomass	Brazil	4.2
158	Carandaí	Hydro	Brazil	4.19
159	Ituerê	Hydro	Brazil	4.04
160	F	Hydro	Brazil	3.97
161	Cristina	Hydro	Brazil	3.8
162	Grafite Pedra Azul	Oil	Brazil	3.6
163	JF Pasqua	Oil	Brazil	3.42
164	Juliões	Hydro	Brazil	3.4
165	Rede Elétrica Piquete - Itajubá - REPI	Hydro	Brazil	3.34
166	Itaminas	Oil	Brazil	3.2
167	São João	Hydro	Brazil	3.2
168	EMPRESA DE MINERAÇÃO ESPERANÇA S A - EMESA	Oil	Brazil	3.12
169	Durandé	Hydro	Brazil	3
170	FERROUS RESOURCES DO BRASIL S A	Oil	Brazil	3
171	Rações Patense - Itaúna	Biomass	Brazil	3
172	Madame Denise (Cachoeira do Furado)	Hydro	Brazil	2.88
173	Mineração Esperança	Oil	Brazil	2.88
174	Oliveira	Hydro	Brazil	2.88
175	HORIZONTE TÊXTIL	Oil	Brazil	2.75
176	YOKI	Oil	Brazil	2.75
177	E Nova	Hydro	Brazil	2.74
178	SEDAL E1	Oil	Brazil	2.6
179	Esdeva	Oil	Brazil	2.54
180	Metropolitan Betim Shopping	Oil	Brazil	2.54
181	VILMA ALIMENTOS	Oil	Brazil	2.54
182	Salto do Paraopeba	Hydro	Brazil	2.46
183	Arrudas	Waste	Brazil	2.4
184	Hospital Mater Dei - Contorno I	Gas	Brazil	2.4
185	Hospital Mater Dei - Contorno II	Oil	Brazil	2.4
186	Precon Minas Gerais PL	Oil	Brazil	2.4
187	Siderpa	Biomass	Brazil	2.4
188	Salto Morais	Hydro	Brazil	2.39
189	Cachoeira do Brumado	Hydro	Brazil	2.34
190	Laticinios Bela Vista - Governador Valadares	Oil	Brazil	2.24
191	Aeroporto Internacional Tancredo Neves	Oil	Brazil	2.2
192	Doce Mineiro	Oil	Brazil	2.2
193	GRAFITE ITAPECERICA	Oil	Brazil	2.19
194	Center Shopping Uberlândia	Oil	Brazil	2.18
195	MINERAÇÃO BELOCAL - LIM	Oil	Brazil	2.13
196	Bem Brasil	Biomass	Brazil	2.12
197	CATERPILLAR 2500KVA 3412 UNIDADE CAMPO DO MEIO	Oil	Brazil	2
198	COSIMAT	Oil	Brazil	2
199	Cia de Alimentos Ibituruna	Oil	Brazil	2
200	Paraibuna	Gas	Brazil	2
201	Valinho	Biomass	Brazil	2
202	Codorna	Hydro	Brazil	1.94
203	Granja Brasília	Oil	Brazil	1.92
204	Vale Fertilizantes Tapira	Oil	Brazil	1.82
205	Congonhal I	Hydro	Brazil	1.82
206	Xicão	Hydro	Brazil	1.81
207	PLASDIL - Plásticos Divinópolis	Oil	Brazil	1.8
208	Machado Mineiro	Hydro	Brazil	1.72
209	Refrigerantes do Triângulo	Oil	Brazil	1.68
210	Anna Maria	Hydro	Brazil	1.68
211	Indústria de Cal Cruzeiro	Oil	Brazil	1.68
212	YOKI ALIMENTOS	Oil	Brazil	1.65
213	Luiz Dias	Hydro	Brazil	1.61
214	Jaraguá	Oil	Brazil	1.6
215	Laticínio Scala	Oil	Brazil	1.6
216	MONTE CARMO SHOPPING	Oil	Brazil	1.6
217	João de Deus	Hydro	Brazil	1.57
218	Frigobet	Oil	Brazil	1.56
219	Sinterama	Oil	Brazil	1.52
220	Distribuidora Amaral	Oil	Brazil	1.5
221	Espirito Santo	Oil	Brazil	1.44
222	G	Hydro	Brazil	1.44
223	SIDERMAUA	Oil	Brazil	1.44
224	Alto Brejaúba	Hydro	Brazil	1.4
225	Antônio Dias	Hydro	Brazil	1.4
226	Brejauba	Hydro	Brazil	1.4
227	Central Mineirão	Solar	Brazil	1.4
228	E	Hydro	Brazil	1.4
229	Farias	Hydro	Brazil	1.4
230	D	Hydro	Brazil	1.36
231	Barulho	Hydro	Brazil	1.32
232	Agostinho Rodrigues	Hydro	Brazil	1.3
233	Divino	Hydro	Brazil	1.3
234	Limeira	Hydro	Brazil	1.26
235	Miradouro	Hydro	Brazil	1.26
236	Pirapanema	Hydro	Brazil	1.26
237	Ematex	Oil	Brazil	1.25
238	POLARIS MINERAÇÃO	Oil	Brazil	1.22
239	Brasil Verde	Coal	Brazil	1.2
240	Corrente Grande	Hydro	Brazil	1.2
241	Espraiado	Hydro	Brazil	1.2
242	Faria Lemos	Hydro	Brazil	1.2
243	Melhoramentos Florestal	Oil	Brazil	1.2
244	PAM Destilaria	Biomass	Brazil	1.2
245	Pardo	Hydro	Brazil	1.2
246	Pitangas	Hydro	Brazil	1.2
247	Terminal Central	Oil	Brazil	1.2
248	Caixão	Hydro	Brazil	1.17
249	Uberlândia Refrescos	Oil	Brazil	1.15
250	Gonçalves Salles	Oil	Brazil	1.12
251	CARBOFER	Oil	Brazil	1.1
252	cooperativa regional agropecuaria sul catarinense - coopersulca	Oil	Brazil	1.09
253	Braço Seco	Hydro	Brazil	1
254	João Franco	Hydro	Brazil	1
255	Natureza Limpa	Biomass	Brazil	1
256	Paulo Mascarenhas	Hydro	Brazil	1
257	REC POUSO ALEGRE SA	Oil	Brazil	1
258	Santa Bárbara	Hydro	Brazil	1
259	Santa Terezinha	Hydro	Brazil	1

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Frequently asked questions

What ranks first in largest power plants in minas gerais, brazil by capacity?

São Simão (Brazil) ranks #1 with 1,710 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 259 power plants in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Which plants make the top three?

1. São Simão (1,710); 2. Água Vermelha (Antiga José Ermírio de Moraes) (1,396.2); 3. Furnas (1,216).