UHE Baixo Iguaçu, Capitão Leônidas Marques, Paraná, Brazil

River: Rio Iguaçu

Status: Proposed project

4 thousand hectares flooded

10 hectares per MW

Mix of crops & tropical rainforest (50/50)

500 people displaced

1 person per MW

-401 million BRL
net present value
(Excluding environmental costs)

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Analysis table

Results

Net Present Value: 
-400,895 thousand BRL
NPV including net greenhouse gas emissions: 
-405,516 thousand BRL
Internal Rate of Return: 
8.58%
Hectares flooded per MW: 
10 hectares per MW
Gross CO₂ equivalent emissions: 
11,049 thousand metric tonnes
Gross CO₂ equivalent per MW: 
31,568 metric tonnes per MW
People displaced per megawatt: 
1 person per MW

Inputs and assumptions

Installed capacity : 
350 MW
Capacity used: 
70%
Area flooded: 
3,536 hectares
Vegetation type: 
Mix of crops & tropical rainforest (50/50)
People displaced: 
500 people displaced
Construction time: 
4 years
Construction cost: 
1,500,000,000 BRL
Transmission infrastructure cost: 
30,000,000 BRL
Wholesale price of energy: 
99 BRL
Economic discount rate: 
9%
igormatossoares
30 August 2011 – 6:34pm

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