RN 15 - Rio do Fogo — Brazil
Wind power plant in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Approximate location -5.3097, -35.3867.
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RN 15 - Rio do Fogo is a 49.3 MW wind power plant in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 42k homes (estimated). It ranks #484 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2006, it is around 20 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 15.7% 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 BRA0028424.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000905339; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 49.3 MW, RN 15 - Rio do Fogo is well above the median wind plant in Brazil (27.2 MW). Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Brazil wind capacity
- 0.5% of 10,300 MW across 412 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 5 of 411 dated wind 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 wind plants in Brazil
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Local climate & thermal context
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen As) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 5.3°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 #14 largest wind power plant of 412 in Brazil by capacity.
Brazil has 412 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 10,300 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Arizona 1 · Wind · 28 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
- Riachão I · Wind · 29.7 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
- Riachão IV · Wind · 29.7 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
- Riachão VI · Wind · 29.7 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
- Riachão II · Wind · 27 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
- Riachão VII · Wind · 29.7 MW · Rio Grande do Norte
Location
Coordinates -5.3097, -35.3867 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is RN 15 - Rio do Fogo?
RN 15 - Rio do Fogo is a 49.3 MW wind power plant in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, commissioned in 2006.