11 thousand MW capacity

Belo Monte, Altamira, Brazil, Brazil

Status: Proposed project

45 thousand hectares flooded

4 hectares per MW

Mix of crops & tropical rainforest (50/50)

-3 billion BRL
net present value
(Excluding environmental costs)

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Analysis table

Results

Net Present Value:

-3,364 million BRL

Hectares flooded per MW:

4 hectares per MW

Gross CO₂ equivalent emissions:

16,005 thousand metric tonnes

Gross CO₂ equivalent per MW:

1,455 metric tonnes per MW

People displaced per megawatt:

0 people per MW

Inputs and assumptions

Installed capacity :

11,000 MW

Capacity used:

50%

Area flooded:

45,000 hectares

Vegetation type:

Mix of crops & tropical rainforest (50/50)

People displaced:

1,000 people displaced

Construction time:

5 years

Construction cost:

25,000,000,000 BRL

Transmission infrastructure cost:

0 BRL

Wholesale price of energy:

81 BRL

Economic discount rate:

10%

John Reid

12 August 2009 – 12:24am

Comments

Too big, too costly to local industry

Posted by Anonymous on 24 September 2009 – 2:50pm

I really think that this is too costly to the local industry. The local government will opose this, and I hope make sure that the issues are known and understood among the developers and ministry of economic development.

I too will oppose such a large damaging hydro electric station in this area.

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