Sol

Other power plant in Espirito Santo, Brazil. Approximate location -20.1246, -40.2917.

OtherEspirito SantoBrazil

Sol is a 147 MW other power station in Espirito Santo, Brazil. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 111k homes (estimated). It ranks #244 of 2,572 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2007, it is around 19 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 110 gCO₂/kWh (88.7% low-carbon) (2025).

147Legacy source-record capacity
110,601homes powered (est.)
2007commissioned (~19 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id BRA0029273.

Data status

Known data

FacilitySol WRI
CountryBrazil · Espirito Santo WRI
Coordinates-20.1246, -40.2917 WRI
FuelOther WRI
MW installed capacity147 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
Commissioned2007 WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#244 of 2572 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#2 of 4 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent110,601 calculated
Climate23.6°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityCX · 51/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

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 Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

This facility converts its energy source into electricity for the grid; its capacity, fuel type and location determine its role in the national power mix.

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

Capacity vs largest other plants in Brazil

BRASKEM CAMACARI COPENE: 287 MW287BRASKEM CA…Sol: 147 MW147SolTambaqui power station: 143 MW143Tambaqui p…Amandina power station: 122 MW122Amandina p…

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

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 20.1°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

23.6°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,021cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
32 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 26 °CJF: 26 °CFM: 26 °CMA: 24 °CAM: 23 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 22 °CSO: 23 °CON: 24 °CND: 25 °CD26 °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 an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

CXISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
51/100environmental-severity index
5.5°Cseasonal temperature swing
14 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 #2 largest other power plant of 4 in Brazil by capacity.

Brazil has 4 other power plants in this dataset, together about 699 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates -20.1246, -40.2917 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Sol?

Sol is a 147 MW source-record other power plant in Espirito Santo, Brazil, commissioned in 2007.

How many homes can Sol power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 110,601 homes (estimated).

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