Salto do Rio Verdinho is a 93 MW hydro power plant in Brazil, commissioned in 2010. Ranked #155 of 720 hydro plants in Brazil, it represents 0.05% of Brazil's total hydro capacity of 180,234 MW. The largest hydro plant in Brazil is Itaipu Dam at 14,000 MW, making Salto do Rio Verdinho 150 times smaller. Nearby plants include São Simão (1710 MW, Hydro), Salto (116 MW, Hydro), and Barra dos Coqueiros (90 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Goiás, approximately 350 km from Brasília.
16 years old
Brazil, South America
- 291. largest of 2,402 plants in Brazil
- #10,614 worldwide by installed capacity
- #2,399 of 8,493 Hydroelectric plants worldwide
- 0.04% of the installed capacity of Brazil
16 years in operation
Hydroelectric fleet average: 42.1 years
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG) operates 120 plants totalling 9,477 MW
16 plants within 100 km, 3,953 MW combined
Nearest plant: Engenheiro José Luiz Muller de Godoy Pereira (Antiga Foz do Rio Claro) (13.1 km)
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Salto do Rio Verdinho is a hydro power plant producing approximately 326 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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