Salvador — Brazil

Salvador is a 19.7 MW waste power plant in Bahia, Brazil. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 27k homes (estimated). It ranks #1069 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. Its modelled annual emissions are 33,549 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 7.8k cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 110 gCO₂/kWh (88.7% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id BRA0002683.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 19.7 MW, Salvador is well above the median waste plant in Brazil (4.62 MW). Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

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

~33,549 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Key facts

Share of Brazil waste capacity

18.3% of 108 MW across 12 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

2 of 11 dated waste 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 waste plants in Brazil

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

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 12.9°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 #3 largest waste power plant of 12 in Brazil by capacity.

Brazil has 12 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 108 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Cencosud - M. Rodrigues - 10 · Oil · 1.2 MW · Bahia
• UNIME UNIÃO M EDUC CULTURA - LAURO DE FREITAS · Oil · 1.2 MW · Bahia
• Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador · Oil · 2.02 MW · Bahia
• Norsa Refrigerantes - Simões Filho · Oil · 1.05 MW · Bahia
• Iguatemi Bahia · Gas · 8.3 MW · Bahia
• SHOPPING PARALELA · Oil · 1.53 MW · Bahia

Location

Coordinates -12.8603, -38.3521 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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