Porto do Pecém II — Brazil

Porto do Pecém II is a 365 MW coal power station in Ceara, Brazil. It is operated by Eneva SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 457k homes (estimated). It ranks #128 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. In context, coal supplies about 2.3% 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 BRA0030098.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 1,085 MW for Porto do Pecém power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000100118; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 365 MW, Porto do Pecém II is well above the median coal plant in Brazil (262 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

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

Key facts

Share of Brazil coal capacity

3.8% of 9,486 MW across 30 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

16 of 22 dated coal plants in Brazil are older

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

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Brazil

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

Owner

Operated by Eneva SA [100%].

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen As) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 3.6°S — 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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion 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 #8 largest coal power plant of 30 in Brazil by capacity.

Brazil has 30 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 9,486 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• CSP power station · Gas · 200 MW · Ceara
• Taíba Águia · Wind · 23.1 MW · Ceara
• Colônia · Wind · 18.9 MW · Ceara
• Jandaia power station · Gas · 2,430 MW · Ceará
• Taíba Andorinha · Wind · 14.7 MW · Ceara
• Termopecém power station · Gas · 2,240 MW · Ceará

Location

Coordinates -3.5827, -38.875 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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