Monte Cristo power station — Brazil

Monte Cristo power station is a 154.9 MW oil power station in Roraima, Brazil. It is operated by Oliveira Energia SA. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 116k homes (estimated). It ranks #235 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 111,883 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 26k cars driven for a year. In context, oil supplies about 1.7% 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 CT-5540.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408541; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 154.9 MW, Monte Cristo power station is well above the median oil plant in Brazil (2.4 MW). Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

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

~111,883 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Key facts

Share of Brazil oil capacity

1.3% of 11,544 MW across 645 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest oil plants in Brazil

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Oliveira Energia SA.

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 2.9°N — 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 #25 largest oil power plant of 645 in Brazil by capacity.

Brazil has 645 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 11,544 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Jaguatirica II power station · Gas · 141 MW · Roraima
• SHOPPING PATIO RORAIMA · Oil · 1.76 MW · Roraima
• Distrito - Bloco Soenergy · Oil · 21.3 MW · Roraima
• Monte Cristo · Oil · 97.2 MW · Roraima
• Senador Arnon Afonso Farias de Mello (Floresta) · Oil · 85.9 MW · Roraima
• Cantá power station · Biomass · 11.5 MW · Roraima

Location

Coordinates 2.931, -60.7122 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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