Jorge Lacerda power station — Brazil

Jorge Lacerda power station is a 454.3 MW gas power station in Santa Catarina, Brazil. It ranks #105 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_jorgelacerda_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 454.3 MW, Jorge Lacerda 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 #51 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

• Nova Aurora · Solar · 4.45 MW · Santa Catarina
• Jorge Lacerda I e II · Coal · 232 MW · Santa Catarina
• Jorge Lacerda III · Coal · 262 MW · Santa Catarina
• Jorge Lacerda IV · Coal · 363 MW · Santa Catarina
• Kiarroz · Biomass · 1.2 MW · Santa Catarina
• Cerâmica Urussanga · Oil · 2.45 MW · Santa Catarina

Location

Coordinates -28.452084, -48.968482 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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