Lanchinha — Brazil

Lanchinha is a 28 MW wind power plant in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It ranks #820 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 15.7% 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 BRA0030860.

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 28 MW, Lanchinha is around the median wind plant in Brazil (27.2 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #192 largest wind power plant of 412 in Brazil by capacity.

Brazil has 412 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 10,300 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Serra de Santana II · Wind · 30 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
• Serra de Santana I · Wind · 20 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
• Macambira I · Wind · 18 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
• Calango 3 · Wind · 30 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
• Macambira II · Wind · 18 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
• Calango 1 · Wind · 30 MW · Rio Grande do Norte

Location

Coordinates -6.1236, -36.7025 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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