Jacuí Complex

Part of the Global Hydropower Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Report an error

Jacuí Complex is a complex of operating hydroelectric power plants in Brazil.

The complex consists of the following projects:

• Itaúba hydroelectric plant
• Jacuí hydroelectric plant
• Passo Real hydroelectric plant

Complex Details

Table 1: Project-level details for Jacuí Complex

Project name	Status	Commissioning year	Nameplate capacity	Technology type	Owner
Itaúba hydroelectric plant	operating	1979	500.0 MW	Run-of-river	Companhia Estadual De Geração De Energia Elétrica (CEEE) [100%]
Jacuí hydroelectric plant	operating	1962	180.0 MW	Run-of-river	Companhia Estadual De Geração De Energia Elétrica (CEEE) [100%]
Passo Real hydroelectric plant	operating	1973	158.0 MW	Conventional storage	Companhia Estadual De Geração De Energia Elétrica (CEEE) [100%]

Location

Table 2: Location details for Jacuí Complex

Project name	Location	River	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Itaúba hydroelectric plant	Região Geográfica Intermediária de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Rio Jacuí	-29.2607, -53.2359 (exact)
Jacuí hydroelectric plant	Região Geográfica Intermediária de Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Rio Jacuí	-29.0728, -53.2081 (exact)
Passo Real hydroelectric plant	Região Geográfica Intermediária de Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Rio Jacuí	-29.017, -53.1901 (exact)

The map below shows the exact locations of the projects in the complex:

Loading map...

{"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":false,"defzoom":14,"layers":["Esri.WorldImagery"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIta\u00faba hydroelectric plant\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Ita\u00faba hydroelectric plant\n","link":"","lat":-29.2607,"lon":-53.2359,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJacu\u00ed hydroelectric plant\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Jacu\u00ed hydroelectric plant\n","link":"","lat":-29.0728,"lon":-53.2081,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPasso Real hydroelectric plant\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Passo Real hydroelectric plant\n","link":"","lat":-29.017,"lon":-53.1901,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of global hydroelectric power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Hydropower Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.