Brazil has 2,360 power plants in this atlas, with 147,589 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Tucuruí (8,535 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro, oil and biomass. Grid operators listed here include ONS. Electricity is regulated by ANEEL. Renewables supplied 87.3% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
THE ELECTRICITY SYSTEM IN CONTEXT
Brazil: hydropower alongside expanding wind and distributed solar
Reporting scope: Brazilian Energy Balance 2025; base year 2024.
Electricity and total energy have different mixes
EPE's 2025 balance reports 88.2% renewables in Brazil's total electric power supply in 2024, compared with 50% in total energy supply. Transport fuels and other energy uses belong to the latter measure. Neither percentage is the share of renewable station records on this map.
EPE reports wind and solar together supplying 23.7% of domestic electricity generation in 2024 and includes distributed micro and minigeneration in its statistics. A global station inventory can miss these installations. Use national generation data to compare the mix, and the atlas to examine individual reported locations and ownership.
Hydropower supplies over half of electricity, with wind and solar growing fast. Power is sold through regulated auctions and a free market settled by CCEE; retail choice is opening to smaller consumers.
Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.
What does “Wholesale market” mean?
Power plants compete to sell electricity in a wholesale market or pool, dispatched by a system operator. Most consumers still buy from a regulated distribution company at approved tariffs.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Brazil is in South America. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Brasília
Languages
Portuguese
Region
South America
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 2,360 records for Brazil. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
2,360 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 2,360 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
