Queluzito power station — Brazil

Queluzito power station is a 630 MW gas power station in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It ranks #81 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_queluzito_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 630 MW, Queluzito power station is well above the median gas plant in Brazil (100.2 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre 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 #38 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

• Açominas power station · Gas · 103 MW · Minas Gerais
• FERROUS RESOURCES DO BRASIL S A · Oil · 3 MW · Minas Gerais
• Salto do Paraopeba · Hydro · 2.46 MW · Minas Gerais
• Açominas · Coal · 102.9 MW · Minas Gerais
• POLARIS MINERAÇÃO · Oil · 1.22 MW · Minas Gerais
• Juliões · Hydro · 3.4 MW · Minas Gerais

Location

Coordinates -20.740511, -43.893461 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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