The following is a list of hydroelectric power stations in Brazil with a nameplate capacity of at least 100 MW.
![]() | This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2016) |
According to the Associação Brasileira de Distribuidores de Energia Elétrica (ABRADEE) there are 201 hydroelectric power stations in Brazil with a nameplate capacity of more than 30 MW; the total capacity of these power stations in 2015 was 84,703 MW. There are an additional 476 hydroelectric power stations with a nameplate capacity between 1 and 30 MW and 496 micro hydroelectric power stations with a nameplate capacity of less than 1 MW.[1]
Station | Community | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Status | PS | Ref |
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Água Vermelha Dam | Iturama, MG | 19°56′59″S 49°53′54″W | 1,396 | Operational | No | [2] |
Balbina Dam | Presidente Figueiredo, AM | 01°55′02″S 59°28′25″W | 250 | Operational | No | |
Barra Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant | Celso Ramos, SC | 27°46′36″S 51°11′23″W | 708 | Operational | No | |
Belo Monte Dam | Xingu River, PA | 03°17′00″S 52°12′00″W | 11,233 | Operational | [3] | |
Bento Munhoz Hydroelectric Plant | Foz do Areia, PR | 26°00′34″S 51°40′00″W | 1,676 | Operational | No | |
Bernard Mascarenhas Power Plant | Três Marias, MG | 18°12′51″S 45°15′46″W | 387 | Operational | No | |
Billings Dam | São Paulo, SP | 23°47′13″S 46°35′02″W | 889 | Operational | No | |
Boa Esperança Hydroelectric Power Plant | Guadalupe, PI | 06°45′00″S 43°44′00″W | 237 | Operational | ||
Campos Novos Dam | Celso Ramos, SC | 27°36′15″S 51°19′35″W | 880 | Operational | ||
Capivara Dam | Porecatu, PR | 22°39′36″S 51°21′28″W | 619 | Operational | ||
Chacorão Dam | Amazonas, Pará | 6°29′52″S 58°19′25″W | 3,336 | Planned | ||
Colider Dam | Colider, MT | 11°6′19″S 55°27′58″W | 307 | Operational | [4] | |
Dona Francisca Hydroelectric Plant | Rio Grande do Sul | 29.4478°S 53.2847°W / -29.4478; -53.2847 | 250 | Operational | ||
Emborcação Hydroelectric Power Plant | Araguari, MG | 18°34′33″S 47°52′37″W | 1,192 | Operational | No | [5] |
Engineer Souza Dias Hydroelectric Power Station | Três Lagoas, SP | 26°27′00″S 52°40′00″W | 1,424 | Operational | No | |
Estreito Hydroelectric Power Plant | Estreito, MA | 1,087 | Operational | |||
Furnas Dam | MG | 20°40′11″S 46°19′05″W | 1,240 | Operational | No | |
Ney Braga Hydroelectric Plant | Segredo, PR | 25°47′35″S 52°6′47″W | 1,260 | Operational | No | |
José Richa Hydroelectric Plant | Salto Caxias, PR | 25°32′36″S 53°29′48″W | 1,240 | Operational | No | |
Itá Hydroelectric Power Plant | Itá, SC | 27°16′38″S 52°23′00″W | 1,450 | Operational | No | |
Itaipu Dam | Foz do Iguaçu, PR | 25°24′30″S 54°35′21″W | 14,000 | Operational | No | |
Itumbiara Hydroelectric Power Plant | Itumbiara, GO | 18°25′00″S 49°13′00″W | 2,082 | Operational | No | |
Ilha Solteira Dam | Ilha Solteira, SP | 20°22′58″S 51°21′44″W | 3,444 | Operational | No | |
Jaguara Dam | Rifaina, SP | 20°01′25″S 47°26′01″W | 424 | Operational | No | |
Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant | Itaituba, PA | 5°11′21″S 56°54′51″W | 2,338 | Planned | ||
Jirau Power Station | Porto Velho, RO | 9°15′0″S 64°24′0″W | 3,750 | Operational | ||
Juscelino Kubitschek Power Plant (Irapé Dam) | Berilo/Grão Mogol, MG | 16°44′15″S 42°34′30″W | 360 | Operational | ||
Luiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho Hydroelectric Power Plant[6] | Pedregulho, SP | 20°9′10″S 47°16′51″W | 1,050 | Operational | No | |
Luiz Gonzaga Power Station | Petrolândia, PE | 9°8′38″S 38°18′48″W | 1,479 | Operational | No | |
Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Plant | Machadinho, RS | 27°31′31″S 51°47′07″W | 1,140 | Operational | No | |
Marimbondo Hydroelectric Power Plant | Fronteira, MG | 20°46′28″S 49°21′20″W | 1,440 | Operational | No | |
Miranda Dam | Uberlandia, MG | 18°54′46″S 48°02′23″W | 408 | Operational | No | |
Nova Avanhandava Dam | Buritama, SP | 21°07′06″S 50°12′04″W | 347.4 | Operational | No | |
Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex | Paulo Afonso, BA | 9°23′49″S 38°12′08″W | 4,279 (5 total) | Operational | No | |
Mascarenhas de Moraes Hydroelectric Plant | Delfinópolis, MG | 20°17′05″S 47°03′49″W | 476 | Operational | ||
Porto Primavera Dam | Rosana, SP | 15°34′45″S 56°05′49″W | 1,540 | Operational | No | |
Salto Santiago Hydroelectric Power Plant | Osório, PR | 25°37′04″S 52°36′48″W | 1,420 | Operational | No | |
Salto Osório Hydroelectric Power Plant | Osório, PR | 25°32′06″S 53°00′33″W | 1,078 | Operational | No | |
Santo Antonio Dam | Porto Velho, RO | 8°48′6″S 63°57′3″W | 3,580 | Operational | ||
São Simão Hydroelectric Power Plant | São Simão, GO | 18°59′03″S 50°31′08″W | 1,710 | Operational | No | |
Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Station | Minaçu, GO | 24°58′23″S 53°28′19″W | 1,275 | Operational | No | [7] |
Simplício Hydroelectric Complex (Anta Dam) | RJ | 22°2′3″S 43°0′3″W | 333.7 | Operational | ||
Sobradinho Dam | Sobradinho, BA | 9°25′57″S 40°49′41″W | 1,050 | Operational | No | |
Teles Pires Dam | Paranaíta, MT | 9°20′26″S 56°46′37″W | 1,820 | Operational | No | |
Três Irmãos Dam | Pereira Barreto, SP | 20°39′56″S 51°18′05″W | 807.5 | Operational | ||
Tucuruí Dam | Tucuruí, PA | 03°49′54″S 49°38′48″W | 8,370 | Operational | No | |
Volta Grande Dam | Água Comprida, MG | 20°01′56″S 48°13′17″W | 380 | Operational | No | |
Xingó Hydroelectrical Power Plant | Piranhas, AL | 9°37′14″S 37°47′34″W | 3,162 | Operational | ||