Araraquara Data power station — Brazil

Araraquara Data power station is a 1,260 MW gas power station in São Paulo, Brazil. It ranks #40 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 7.3% of Brazil's electricity; the national grid averages 110 gCO₂/kWh (88.7% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_araraquaradata_brazil.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,260 MW, Araraquara Data power station is well above the median gas plant in Brazil (100.2 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #17 largest gas power plant of 195 in Brazil by capacity.

Brazil has 195 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 74,861 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Zanin · Biomass · 16 MW · Sao Paulo
• Kaiser - Araraquara · Oil · 1.6 MW · Sao Paulo
• Coinbra - Frutesp · Biomass · 8 MW · Sao Paulo
• Gavião Peixoto · Hydro · 4.86 MW · Sao Paulo
• Chibarro · Hydro · 2.59 MW · Sao Paulo
• Santa Fé · Oil · 2 MW · Sao Paulo

Location

Coordinates -21.80693, -48.32471 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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