Laranjeiras — Brazil

Laranjeiras is a 4.8 MW biomass power plant in Pernambuco, Brazil. It ranks #1623 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. 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 BRA0030190.

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 4.8 MW, Laranjeiras is below the median biomass plant in Brazil (15 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #406 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

• COAF power station · Biomass · 12 MW · Pernambuco
• Pirauá · Wind · 4.95 MW · Pernambuco
• Itaenga · Biomass · 47 MW · Pernambuco
• Petribu · Biomass · 36.5 MW · Pernambuco
• Central Olho D Água · Biomass · 25 MW · Paraiba
• Santa Teresa · Biomass · 20.2 MW · Pernambuco

Location

Coordinates -7.6571, -35.3309 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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