List of power stations in Brazil
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| Station | Community | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Status | ||
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| Água Vermelha Dam Água Vermelha Dam The Água Vermelha Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Iturama in Minas Gerais/São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control. Construction on the dam began in 1973 and it was completed and operational by 1978... |
19°56′59"S 49°53′54"W | 1,396 | Operational | No | ||
| Balbina Dam Balbina Dam The Balbina Dam is a hydroelectric dam and power station on the Uatumã River in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil. The location is under the municipality of Presidente Figueiredo jurisdiction, in the state of Amazonas.... |
01°55′02"S 59°28′25"W | 250 | Operational | No | ||
| Barra Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant Barra Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant The Barra Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant is a dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Pelotas River near Celso Ramos on the border of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The power station has a 708 MW capacity and is supplied with water by a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam, the... |
Celso Ramos | 27°46′36"S 51°11′23"W | 708 | Operational | No | |
| Belo Monte Dam Belo Monte Dam The Belo Monte Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam complex on the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil... |
03°17′00"S 52°12′00"W | 11,233 | Under Construction | |||
| Billings Dam | 23.787°N 46.584°W | 889 | Operational | No | ||
| Boa Esperança Hydroelectric Power Plant Boa Esperança Hydroelectric Power Plant The Boa Esperança Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Guadalupe, Brazil. It is located on the Parnaíba River.- See also :... |
06°45′00"S 43°44′00"W | 237 | Operational | |||
| Campos Novos Dam Campos Novos Dam The Campos Novos Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Santa Catarina province in southern Brazil... |
Celso Ramos | 27°36′15"S 51°19′35"W | 880 | Operational | ||
| Emborcação Dam Emborcação Dam The Emborcação Dam, also known as Theodomiro Sampaio, is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Araguari in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control.-Background:... |
18°34′33"S 47°52′37"W | 1,192 | Operational | No | ||
| Eng Souza Dias (Jupiá) Dam Eng Souza Dias Dam The Engineer Souza Dias Dam, formerly known as the Jupiá Dam is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Três Lagoas in São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production, flood control and navigation. Studies on the dam and power plant began in 1951 which recommended the... |
26°27′00"S 52°40′00"W | 1,424 | Operational | No | ||
| Bento Munhoz (Foz do Areia) Hydroelectric Plant | Foz do Areia | 26°00′34"S 51°40′00"W | 1,676 | Operational | No | |
| Furnas Dam | 20°40′11"S 46°19′05"W | 1,240 | Operational | No | ||
| Ney Braga (Segredo) Hydroelectric Plant | Segredo | 25°47′35"S 52°6′47"W | 1,260 | Operational | No | |
| José Richa (Salto Caxias) Hydroelectric Plant | Salto Caxias | 25°32′36"S 53°29′48"W | 1,240 | Operational | No | |
| Itá Hydroelectric Power Plant Itá Hydroelectric Power Plant The Itá Hydroelectric Power Plant is a dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Uruguay River near Itá on the border of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The power station has a 1,450 MW capacity and is supplied with water by a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam... |
Itá Itá, Santa Catarina Itá, Santa Catarina is a town and municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.-References:... |
27°16′38"S 52°23′00"W | 1,450 | Operational | ||
| Itaipu Dam | Foz do Iguaçu Foz do Iguaçu Foz do Iguaçu is the 7th largest city in Paraná state, Brazil, with a population of 255,900 inhabitants. It is located approximately 650 km west of Curitiba, Parana's capital city, being the westernmost city in that state... |
25°24′30"S 54°35′21"W | 14,000 | Operational | ||
| Itumbiara Dam Itumbiara Dam The Itumbiara Dam is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Itumbiara in Goiás, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 2,082 MW installed capacity... |
18°25′00"S 49°13′00"W | 2,082 | Operational | No | ||
| Ilha Solteira Dam Ilha Solteira Dam The Ilha Solteira Dam is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Ilha Solteira in São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed between 1967 and 1973 for hydroelectric power production, flood control and navigation.... |
Ilha Solteira Ilha Solteira Ilha Solteira is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 25,168 and the area is 661.34 km². The elevation is 335 m. This city was named after the nearby Ilha Solteira Dam.... |
20°22′58"S 51°21′44"W | 3,444 | Operational | ||
| Luiz Gonzaga Dam Luiz Gonzaga Dam The Luiz Gonzaga Dam, formerly known as the Itaparica Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the São Francisco River 25 km downstream of Petrolândia in Pernambuco, Brazil. The dam was built for navigation, and hydroelectric power generation as it supports a 1,479 MW power station... |
Petrolândia Petrolândia Petrolândia is a town in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is in the São Francisco Region. Petrolândia has a total area of 1056.6 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 32.568 inhabitants in 2009 according with IBGE... |
9°8′38"S 38°18′48"W | 1,479 | Operational | ||
| Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Plant Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Plant The Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Plant is a dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Pelotas River near Machadinho on the border of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The power station has a 1,140 MW capacity and is supplied with water by a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam... |
Machadinho Machadinho -See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul... |
27°31′31"S 51°47′07"W | 1,140 | Operational | ||
| Marimbondo Dam Marimbondo Dam The Marimbondo Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Fronteira in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 1,440 MW installed capacity.-Background:... |
20°46′28"S 49°21′20"W | 1,440 | Operational | No | ||
| Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex The Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex , also known as the Paulo Afonso Complex, is a system of three dams and five hydroelectric power plants on the São Francisco River near the city of Paulo Afonso in Bahia, Brazil. The complex exploits an natural gap on the river, known as the Paulo Afonso Falls... |
Paulo Afonso Paulo Afonso Paulo Afonso is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is located at around . It was founded in 1958.The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paulo Afonso.The city is served by Paulo Afonso Airport.... |
9°23′49"S 38°12′08"W | 4,279 (5 total) | Operational | ||
| Porto Primavera Dam | 15°34′45"S 56°05′49"W | 1,540 | Operational | No | ||
| Salto Santiago Hydroelectric Power Plant Salto Santiago Hydroelectric Power Plant The Salto Santiago Hydroelectric Power Plant is dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Iguazu River near Santiago in Paraná, Brazil. It is the third dam upstream of the Iguazu Falls and was completed in 1979... |
Santiago | 25°37′04"S 52°36′48"W | 1,420 | Operational | No | |
| Salto Osório Hydroelectric Power Plant | Salto Osório | 25°32′06"S 53°00′33"W | 1,078 | Operational | No | |
| São Simão Dam São Simão Dam The São Simão Dam is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near São Simão in Goiás/Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control. The dam was completed in 1978 and all generators were operational by 1979... |
18°59′03"S 50°31′08"W | 1,710 | Operational | No | ||
| Segredo Dam | 25°47′35"S 52°6′47"W | 1,280 | Operational | No | ||
| Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Station | 24°58′23"S 53°28′19"W | 1,275 | Operational | No | ||
| Simplício Hydroelectric Complex Simplício Hydroelectric Complex The Simplício Hydroelectric Complex is an under construction hydroelectric complex on the Paraíba do Sul river on the border of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states in Brazil. Supported by the Anta Dam, it will transfer water throughout a circuit to a downstream power plant... (Anta Dam) |
22°2′3"S 43°0′3"W | 333.7 | Under construction | |||
| Sobradinho Dam Sobradinho Dam The Sobradinho Dam is a large hydroelectric dam built on the São Francisco River in Sobradinho, in the state of Bahia of Brazil. Completed in 1982, the dam generates power by utilizing six turbines of each, totalling the installed capacity to .- See also :... |
Sobradinho | 9.4324034°S 40.8281565°W | 1,050 | Operational | ||
| Três Marias Dam Três Marias Dam The Três Marias Dam, also known as Bernardo Mascarenhas, is an embankment dam on the São Francisco River near Três Marias in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control. The dam was completed in 1961 and its first generator was operational in 1962... |
Três Marias Três Marias Três Marias is a small Brazilian city in northwestern Minas Gerais. In 2007 the population was 26,431 in a total area of 2,763 km².-Climate:... |
18°12′51"S 45°15′46"W | 387 | Operational | ||
| Tucuruí Dam Tucurui dam The Tucuruí Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Tocantins River located on the Tucuruí County in the State of Pará, Brazil. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and navigation. It is the first large-scale hydroelectric project in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. The... |
Tucuruí | 03°49′54"S 49°38′48"W | 7,960 | Operational | ||
| Xingó Dam Xingó Dam The Xingó Dam is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the São Francisco River on the border of Alagoas and Sergipe, near Piranhas, Brazil. The dam was built for navigation, water supply and hydroelectric power generation as it supports a 3,162 MW power station... |
Piranhas Piranhas Piranhas is a historic city and municipality in the western of the State of Alagoas, in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Located on the bank of the São Francisco River, just at the border with the State of Sergipe, Piranhas was founded in 1891 and originally named Floriano Peixoto... |
9°37′14"S 37°47′34"W | 3,162 | Operational | ||
| Jirau Dam Jirau Dam The Jirau Dam is a hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Madeira River in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.The dam is part of a planned four power plant Madeira river hydroelectric complex, which will consist of two dams in Brazil , a third on the border of Brazil and Bolivia,... |
Porto Velho Porto Velho Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is estimated to be 426,558 people... |
9°15′0"S 64°24′0"W | 3,300 | Under construction | ||
| Santo Antonio Dam Santo Antônio Dam The Santo Antônio Dam is an under construction hydroelectric dam on the Madeira River southwest of Porto Velho in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.... |
Porto Velho Porto Velho Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is estimated to be 426,558 people... |
8°48′6"S 63°57′3"W | 3,150 | Under construction | ||
See also
- List of power stations in South America
- List of largest power stations in the world
- Pumped-storage hydroelectricityPumped-storage hydroelectricityPumped-storage hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric power generation used by some power plants for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of water, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation. Low-cost off-peak electric power is used to run the pumps...