Portocém power station — Brazil

Portocém power station is a 1,576 MW gas power station in Pará, Brazil. It ranks #28 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_portocem_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 1,576 MW, Portocém power station is well above the median gas plant in Brazil (100.2 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — 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 #15 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
• Novo Tempo Barcarena III power station · Gas · 421.4 MW · Pará
• Barcarena Alunorte power station · Coal · 104 MW · Pará
• Alunorte · Coal · 103.9 MW · Para
• Vila do Conde power station · Gas · 2,310 MW · Pará
• Barcarena Vale power station · Coal · 600 MW · Pará

Location

Coordinates -1.551069, -48.74771 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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