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Termo Norte II

Gas power plant in Rondonia, Brazil. Approximate location -8.7905, -63.8061.

GasRondoniaBrazilCO₂ reported

Termo Norte II is a 350 MW gas power station in Rondonia, Brazil. It is operated by Termo Norte Energia Ltda. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 394,087 homes (estimated). It ranks #88 of 2,549 Brazil power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2001, it is around 25 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 322,410 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 75,154 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 7.3% of Brazil's electricity; the national grid averages 110 gCO₂/kWh (88.7% low-carbon) (2025).

350MW installed capacity
394,087homes powered (est.)
322,410t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
2001commissioned (~25 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id BRA0028033.

322,410 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

75,154passenger cars driven for a year
42,046homes' yearly energy use
5,373,500tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Brazil

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

Owner

Operated by Termo Norte Energia Ltda.

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 8.8°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

25.7°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,803cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
99 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 26 °CJF: 26 °CFM: 26 °CMA: 26 °CAM: 26 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 26 °CSO: 26 °CON: 26 °CND: 26 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~7% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #14 largest gas power plant of 133 in Brazil by capacity.

Brazil has 133 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 14,755 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -8.7905, -63.8061 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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