Ambient — Brazil
Waste power plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Approximate location -21.1008, -47.8035.
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Ambient is a 1.5 MW waste power plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 2.1k homes (estimated). It ranks #2257 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2011, it is around 15 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 110 gCO₂/kWh (88.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id BRA0030472.
Data status
Known data
Official enrichment
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: ANEEL SIGA official registry; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 1.5 MW, Ambient is below the median waste plant in Brazil (4.62 MW). Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Brazil waste capacity
- 1.4% of 108 MW across 12 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 3 of 11 dated waste plants in Brazil are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest waste plants in Brazil
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 21.1°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #11 largest waste power plant of 12 in Brazil by capacity.
Brazil has 12 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 108 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Central Energética Ribeirão Preto (Antiga Galo Bravo) · Biomass · 9 MW · Sao Paulo
- Bebidas Ipiranga · Oil · 3.75 MW · Sao Paulo
- Carrefour - RPN · Oil · 1.44 MW · Sao Paulo
- Santo Antônio · Biomass · 23 MW · Sao Paulo
- Albertina · Biomass · 4 MW · Sao Paulo
- Santa Elisa - Unidade II · Biomass · 4 MW · Sao Paulo
Location
Coordinates -21.1008, -47.8035 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Ambient?
Ambient is a 1.5 MW waste power plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, commissioned in 2011.