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Seraíma

Wind power plant in Bahia, Brazil. Approximate location -14.1473, -42.7119.

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Seraíma is a 30.2 MW wind power plant in Bahia, Brazil. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 26k homes (estimated). It ranks #600 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 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).

30.2MW installed capacity
25,699homes powered (est.)
2014commissioned (~12 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id BRA0030546.

Data status

Known data

FacilitySeraíma WRI
CountryBrazil · Bahia WRI
Coordinates-14.1473, -42.7119 WRI
FuelWind WRI
MW installed capacity30.2 MW WRI GPPD; source record
Commissioned2014 WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#600 / 2572 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#43 / 412 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.11× · 27.2 MW · n=412 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent25,699 calculated
Climate21.4°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC3 · 31/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 30.2 MW, Seraíma 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.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Brazil

Praia Formosa: 105 MW105Praia Form…Alegria II: 101 MW101Alegria IIParque Eólico Elebrás Cidreira 1: 70 MW70Parque Eól…Miassaba 3: 68 MW68Miassaba 3Rei dos Ventos 3: 60 MW60Rei dos Ve…Rei dos Ventos 1: 58 MW58Rei dos Ve…Canoa Quebrada: 57 MW57Canoa Queb…Eólica Icaraizinho: 55 MW55Eólica Ica…

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 Aw) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 14.1°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

21.4°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,254cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
872 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 22 °CJF: 22 °CFM: 23 °CMA: 22 °CAM: 21 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 22 °CSO: 23 °CON: 22 °CND: 22 °CD23 °C

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

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
31/100environmental-severity index
3.7°Cseasonal temperature swing
365 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 #43 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

Location

Coordinates -14.1473, -42.7119 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Seraíma?

Seraíma is a 30.2 MW wind power plant in Bahia, Brazil, commissioned in 2014.

How many homes can Seraíma power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 25,699 homes (estimated).

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