Jorge Lacerda I e II — Brazil

Jorge Lacerda I e II is a 232 MW coal power station in Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is operated by Diamante Geração de Energia Ltda. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 290k homes (estimated). It ranks #180 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1965, it is around 61 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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 BRA0001260.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 857 MW for Jorge Lacerda power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000100134; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 232 MW, Jorge Lacerda I e II is below the median coal plant in Brazil (262 MW). 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

2.4% of 9,486 MW across 30 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

2 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 Diamante Geração de Energia Ltda.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 28.4°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 94% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 16/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #16 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

• Jorge Lacerda III · Coal · 262 MW · Santa Catarina
• Jorge Lacerda IV · Coal · 363 MW · Santa Catarina
• Jorge Lacerda power station · Gas · 454.3 MW · Santa Catarina
• Nova Aurora · Solar · 4.45 MW · Santa Catarina
• Kiarroz · Biomass · 1.2 MW · Santa Catarina
• Capivari · Hydro · 18.1 MW · Santa Catarina

Location

Coordinates -28.441, -48.9485 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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