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Power Plants in Brazil

Brazil has 2,360 power plants on the map, adding up to about 148 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is hydro. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS2,360

TOTAL CAPACITY148 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

How Brazil’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Hydro701 · 30% · 98 GW

Oil627 · 27% · 8 GW

Biomass444 · 19% · 13 GW

Wind412 · 17% · 10 GW

Gas118 · 5% · 11 GW

Solar24 · 1% · 2 GW

Coal19 · 1% · 3 GW

Waste12 · 1% · 108 MW

Nuclear2 · 0% · 2 GW

Other1 · 0% · 147 MW

Largest power plants in Brazil

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

8,535 MWTucuruíHydro1984

7,000 MWItaipu (Parte Brasileira)Hydro1989

3,750 MWJirauHydro2013

3,568 MWSanto AntônioHydro2012

3,444 MWIlha SolteiraHydro1973

3,327 MWBelo MonteHydro2016

3,162 MWXingóHydro1994

2,462 MWPaulo Afonso IVHydro1979

2,081 MWItumbiaraHydro1980

1,820 MWTeles PiresHydro2015

1,710 MWSão SimãoHydro1978

1,676 MWGovernador Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto (Foz do Areia)Hydro1980

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