Continental — Brazil
Biomass power plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Approximate location -20.1818, -48.6887.
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Continental is a 8 MW biomass power plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 11k homes (estimated). It ranks #1432 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2006, it is around 20 years old — relatively modern. In context, biomass 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 BRA0031446.
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: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 8 MW, Continental is below the median biomass plant in Brazil (15 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Brazil biomass capacity
- less than 0.1% of 17,205 MW across 547 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 177 of 394 dated biomass 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 biomass plants in Brazil
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 20.2°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 #346 largest biomass power plant of 547 in Brazil by capacity.
Brazil has 547 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 17,205 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Porto Colômbia · Hydro · 320 MW · Minas Gerais
- Frutal · Biomass · 16.1 MW · Minas Gerais
- Vertente · Biomass · 53 MW · Sao Paulo
- Campo Florido · Biomass · 30 MW · Minas Gerais
- Coruripe Energética - Filial Campo Florido · Biomass · 30 MW · Minas Gerais
- Mandu · Biomass · 90 MW · Sao Paulo
Location
Coordinates -20.1818, -48.6887 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Continental?
Continental is a 8 MW biomass power plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil, commissioned in 2006.