List of hydropower plants in Brazil

The hydropower plants in Brazil are shown both on a map and in a table with key figures. The list is not complete.

Installed capacity and annual production

In 2012, Brazil was 10th in the world for annual generation with 537.6  TWh and 11th in the world for installed capacity with 121.7  GW . The share of hydropower plants in the installed capacity was 69.3%.

According to the Associação Brasileira de Distribuidores de Energia Elétrica (ABRADEE), there are 201 hydropower plants in Brazil with an installed capacity > 30 MW, the total capacity of which in 2015 was 84,703 MW. There are also 476 hydropower plants with an output between 1 and 30 MW and 496 micro-hydropower plants with an output <1 MW.

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The states of Brazil are listed with their respective capitals ( red dot ).

Hydropower plants

Only hydropower plants with an installed capacity of more than 100 MW are listed in the table  .

Name of the power plant	Inst. Power (MW)	Annual generation (billion kWh)	flow	State	status
July 14th	100		Rio das Antas	Rio Grande do Sul	in operation
Água Vermelha	1,396		Rio Grande	Minas Gerais	in operation
Aimorés	330		Rio Doce	Minas Gerais	in operation
Baguari	140		Rio Doce	Minas Gerais	in operation
Balbina	250		Uatumã	Amazon	in operation
Bariri	136		Tietê	São Paulo	in operation
Barra Bonita	141		Tietê	São Paulo	in operation
Barra Grande	708		Pelotas	Santa Catarina	in operation
Belo Monte	11,233	39.5	Xingu	Pará	under construction
Boa Esperança	237		Parnaíba	Piauí	in operation
Cachoeira Dourada	658		Paranaíba	Minas Gerais	in operation
Campos Novos	880		Canoas	Santa Catarina	in operation
Cana Brava	450		Tocantins	Goiás	in operation
Capivara	640		Paranapanema	São Paulo	in operation
Castro Alves	130		Rio das Antas	Rio Grande do Sul	in operation
Chavantes	414		Paranapanema	São Paulo	in operation
Corumbá	375		Corumbá	Goiás	in operation
Corumbá IV	127		Corumbá	Goiás	in operation
Dardanelos	261		Aripuanã	Mato Grosso	in operation
Dona Francisca	125		Jacuí	Rio Grande do Sul	in operation
Emborcação	1,192		Paranaíba	Minas Gerais	in operation
Engenheiro Souza Dias	1,551		Paraná	Mato Grosso do Sul	in operation
Estreito	1,087		Tocantins	Tocantins	in operation
Euclides da Cunha	108		Pardo	São Paulo	in operation
Foz do Areia	1,674	4th	Iguaçu	Paraná	in operation
Foz do Chapecó	855		Uruguay	Santa Catarina	in operation
Fundão	120		Jordão	Paraná	in operation
Furnas	1,216	6.3	Rio Grande	Minas Gerais	in operation
Garibaldi	192		Canoas	Santa Catarina	in operation
Guilman Amorim	140		Piracicaba	Minas Gerais	in operation
Ibitinga	132		Tietê	São Paulo	in operation
Igarapava	210		Rio Grande	Minas Gerais	in operation
Ilha Solteira	3,444	17.9	Paraná	São Paulo	in operation
Irapé	360		Jequitinhonha	Minas Gerais	in operation
Itá	1,450		Uruguay	Santa Catarina	in operation
Itaipú	14,000	98.63	Paraná	Paraná	in operation
Itapebi	450		Jequitinhonha	Minas Gerais	in operation
Itaúba	500		Jacuí	Rio Grande do Sul	in operation
Itumbiara	2,082	10.8	Paranaíba	Minas Gerais	in operation
Jaguara	424		Rio Grande	Minas Gerais	in operation
Jirau	3,750		Madeira	Rondônia	in operation
Jurumirim	100		Paranapanema	São Paulo	in operation
Leonel de Moura Brizola	180		Jacuí	Rio Grande do Sul	in operation
Luiz Eduardo Magalhães	902		Tocantins	Tocantins	in operation
Luiz Gonzaga	1,479		Sao Francisco	Bahia	in operation
Luís Carlos Barreto de Carvalho	1,050	4.96	Rio Grande	Minas Gerais	in operation
Machadinho	1,140		Pelotas	Santa Catarina	in operation
Manso	212		Rio das Mortes	Mato Grosso	in operation
Marimbondo	1,440	8.2	Rio Grande	Minas Gerais	in operation
Mário Lopes Leão	264		Tietê	São Paulo	in operation
Mascarenhas	131		Rio Doce	Espírito Santo	in operation
Mascarenhas de Moraes	476	3	Rio Grande	Minas Gerais	in operation
Mauá	363		Tibaji	Paraná	in operation
Miranda	408		Araguari	Minas Gerais	in operation
Monte Claro	130		Rio das Antas	Rio Grande do Sul	in operation
Nova Avanhandava	347		Tietê	São Paulo	in operation
Nova Ponte	510		Araguari	Minas Gerais	in operation
Passo Real	158		Jacuí	Rio Grande do Sul	in operation
Paulo Afonso	4,280		Sao Francisco	Bahia	in operation
Peixe Angical	452		Tocantins	Tocantins	in operation
Porto Colômbia	320	2	Rio Grande	Minas Gerais	in operation
Porto Primavera	1,571	10.5	Paraná	Mato Grosso do Sul	in operation
Queimado	105		Rio Preto	Minas Gerais	in operation
Rosana	372		Paranapanema	São Paulo	in operation
Salto Caxias	1,240	5.43	Iguaçu	Paraná	in operation
Salto Osorio	1,078		Iguaçu	Paraná	in operation
Salto Santiago	1,420	2.1	Iguaçu	Paraná	in operation
Salto Segredo	1,260	3.66	Iguaçu	Paraná	in operation
Santa Clara	120		Jordão	Paraná	in operation
Santo Antônio	3,580		Madeira	Rondônia	in operation
Samuel	216		Jamari	Rondônia	in operation
São Luiz do Tapajós	6,356		Tapajós	Pará	planned
Sao Roque	135		Canoas	Santa Catarina	under construction
São Salvador	243		Tocantins	Tocantins	in operation
São Simão	1,710	12.5	Paranaíba	Minas Gerais	in operation
Serra da Mesa	1,275	5.3	Tocantins	Goiás	in operation
Serra do Facão	210		São Marcos	Goiás	in operation
Sinop	402		Teles Pires	Mato Grosso	under construction
Sobradinho	1,050		Sao Francisco	Bahia	in operation
Taquaruçu	554		Paranapanema	São Paulo	in operation
Teles Pires	1,820		Teles Pires	Mato Grosso	in operation
Três Irmãos	807.5		Tietê	São Paulo	in operation
Três Marias	396		Sao Francisco	Minas Gerais	in operation
Tucuruí	8,370	21.4	Tocantins	Pará	in operation
Volta Grande	380		Rio Grande	Minas Gerais	in operation
Xingó	3,162		Sao Francisco	Alagoas	in operation

See also

• List of power plants in Brazil
• List of dams in the world (Brazil)

Web links

Commons : Hydroelectric Plants in Brazil  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ^ The World Factbook. CIA , accessed June 22, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Visão Geral do Setor. Associação Brasileira de Distribuidores de Energia Elétrica (ABRADEE), accessed September 28, 2016 (Portuguese). 
3. ↑ Características. (No longer available online.) Www.fozdochapeco.com.br, archived from the original on July 19, 2016 ; Retrieved June 27, 2016 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.