Novo Tempo Barcarena III power station — Brazil

Novo Tempo Barcarena III power station is a 421.4 MW gas power station in Pará, Brazil. It ranks #110 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_novotempobarcarenaiii_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 421.4 MW, Novo Tempo Barcarena III 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 #52 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

• Novo Tempo Barcarena power station · Gas · 624 MW · Pará
• Portocém power station · Gas · 1,576 MW · Pará
• Alunorte · Coal · 103.9 MW · Para
• Barcarena Alunorte power station · Coal · 104 MW · Pará
• Vila do Conde power station · Gas · 2,310 MW · Pará
• Barcarena Vale power station · Coal · 600 MW · Pará

Location

Coordinates -1.54672222, -48.74452778 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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