Barcarena Alunorte power station — Brazil
Coal power plant in Pará, Brazil. Approximate location -1.569926, -48.754535.
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Barcarena Alunorte power station is a 104 MW coal power station in Pará, Brazil. It is operated by Alumina do Norte do Brasil SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 130k homes (estimated). It ranks #303 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. In context, coal supplies about 2.3% 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 GEM_coa_barcarenaalunorte_brazi.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 104 MW, Barcarena Alunorte power station is below the median coal plant in Brazil (262 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Brazil coal capacity
- 1.1% of 9,486 MW across 30 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 13 of 22 dated coal 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 coal plants in Brazil
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Alumina do Norte do Brasil SA [100%].
Climate zone & how it works
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 1.6°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), 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 #17 largest coal power plant of 30 in Brazil by capacity.
Brazil has 30 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 9,486 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Portocém power station · Gas · 1,576 MW · Pará
- Novo Tempo Barcarena power station · Gas · 624 MW · Pará
- Novo Tempo Barcarena III power station · Gas · 421.4 MW · Pará
- Alunorte · Coal · 103.9 MW · Para
- Vila do Conde power station · Gas · 2,310 MW · Pará
- Barcarena Vale power station · Coal · 600 MW · Pará
Location
Coordinates -1.569926, -48.754535 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Barcarena Alunorte power station?
Barcarena Alunorte power station is a 104 MW coal power plant in Pará, Brazil, commissioned in 2010.
Who operates Barcarena Alunorte power station?
Barcarena Alunorte power station is operated by Alumina do Norte do Brasil SA [100%].