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Power Plant
Paulo Afonso III hydroelectric plant
199th-largest power plant in Brazil of 879 · top 19% worldwide (#5,650 of 29,849)
- Operator
- Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco SA (CHESF)
- Owner
- Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco SA (CHESF)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 794 MW
- Fuel
- hydro
- Commissioned
- 1971
Comparable power plants · Brazil · 879 ranked
- #1Itaipu hydroelectric plant14.0 GW · hydro
- #197Areia Branca Hybrid solar farm813 MW · solar
- #198Três Irmãos hydroelectric plant808 MW · hydro
- #199Paulo Afonso III hydroelectric plant794 MW · hydro
- #200São Gonçalo Solar Park790 MW · solar
- #201Três Divisas Wind Complex779 MW · wind
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Strongest line nearby
- 500 kV
- Substations in range
- 0
Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Paulo Afonso II hydroelectric plant133 m · Power Plant · 443 MW · hydro
- Paulo Afonso I hydroelectric plant258 m · Power Plant · 180 MW · hydro
- 500 kV line1.9 km · Transmission Line
- Paulo Afonso IV hydroelectric plant2.3 km · Power Plant · 2.5 GW · hydro
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)