Fazenda Velha is a 16.5 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2016. Ranked #333 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, Fazenda Velha's 16.5 MW represents 0.01% of Brazil's total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Fazenda Velha 848.5 times smaller. Nearby plants include Jataí (105 MW, Biomass), Unidade de Bioenergia Água Emendada (79.828 MW, Biomass), and Serranópolis (8.6 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in the Goiás state, approximately 400 km from Brasília.
10 years old
Brazil, South America
- 1,030. largest of 2,402 plants in Brazil
- #20,762 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,757 of 8,493 Hydroelectric plants worldwide
- 0.01% of the installed capacity of Brazil
10 years in operation
Hydroelectric fleet average: 42.1 years
CEMIG operates 40 plants totalling 6,607 MW
9 plants within 100 km, 482 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Fazenda Velha is a hydro power plant producing approximately 58 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.
Lifecycle emissions: ~24 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)
Technical Details
- Primary Fuel Type
- Hydro
- Energy Source
- Renewable
- Country
Brazil- Continent
- South America
- Data Source
- Global Power Plant Database
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