Many of the dams and reservoirs in Brazil listed below are used primarily used to produce hydroelectric power. Other uses include flood control, irrigation and fisheries.
List Name State Operational Reservoir(km2) Installedcapacity(MW) Notes Água Vermelha Dam Minas GeraisSão Paulo 1978 647 1,396 Anta Dam (Simplício) Rio de JaneiroMinas Gerais 2013 15 333 Balbina Dam Amazonas 1989 2,360 250 Barra Grande Dam Santa CatarinaRio Grande do Sul 2005 94 708 Belo Monte Dam Pará 2019 440 11,233 Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Dam Paraná 1980 167 1,676 Billings Dam São Paulo 1935 127 - Reservoir Camará Dam Paraíba 2002 Campos Novos Dam Santa Catarina 2006 880 Capivara Dam São PauloParaná 1978 515 619 Castanhão Dam Ceará 2003 360 - Reservoir Chacorão Dam AmazonasPará 616 3,336 Planned Cocorobó Dam Bahia 1967 24 - Reservoir Colíder Dam Mato Grosso 2019 183 307 Dona Francisca Dam Rio Grande do Sul 2001 21 250 Emborcação Dam Minas Gerais 1983 703 1,192 Eng Sérgio Motta Dam São Paulo 1999 2,250 1,540 Eng Souza Dias Dam Mato Grosso do Sul 1968 330 1,551 Funil Dam Rio de JaneiroSão Paulo 2004 40.5 180 Furnas Dam Minas Gerais 1963 1,473 1,216 Garabí Dam Rio Grande do Sul 642 1,152 Planned Guarapiranga São Paulo 1906 27 - Reservoir Ilha Solteira Dam São Paulo 1973 1,195 3,444 Irapé Dam Minas Gerais 2006 137 360 Itá Dam Santa CatarinaRio Grande do Sul 2000 141 1,450 Itaipu Dam Paraná 1984 1,350 14,000 Itumbiara Dam Goiás 1980 778 2,082 Itupararanga Dam São Paulo 1914 936 55 Jaguara Dam Minas GeraisSão Paulo 1971 424 Jatobá Dam Pará 646 2,338 Planned Jirau Dam Rondônia 2013 258 3,750 José Richa Dam Paraná 1999 180 1,240 Luiz Barreto Dam São Paulo 1969 47 1,050 Luiz Gonzaga Dam Pernambuco 1988 830 1,479 Machadinho Dam Santa CatarinaRio Grande do Sul 2002 79 1,140 Manso Dam Mato Grosso 1999 427 212 Marimbondo Dam Minas Gerais 1975 438 1,440 Marmelos Zero Power Plant Minas Gerais 1889 - 0.25 Decommissioned in 1896 Mauá Dam Paraná 2012 84 361 Ney Braga de Barros Dam Paraná 1992 1,260 Nova Avanhandava Dam São Paulo 1982 210 347 Oiticica Dam Rio Grande do Norte 2025https://g1.globo.com/rn/rio-grande-do-norte/noticia/2025/03/19/lula-visita-rn.ghtml ? - Reservoir Orós Dam Ceará 1961 - Reservoir Panambí Dam Rio Grande do Sul 327 1,048 Planned Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex Bahia 1979 1,600 4,279 Peixotos Dam Minas Gerais 1968 250 476 Salto Osório Dam Paraná 1975 51 1,078 Salto Santiago Dam Paraná 1980 208 2,137 Samuel Hydroelectric Dam Rondônia 1989 560 216 Santo Antônio Dam Rondônia 2012 271 3,568 São Simão Dam GoiásMinas Gerais 1978 703 1,710 Serra da Mesa Dam Goiás 1998 1,784 1,275 Sobradinho Dam Bahia 1979 4,220 1,050 Teles Pires Dam Mato GrossoPará 2016 151 1,820 Três Irmãos Dam São Paulo 1991 785 807 Três Marias Dam Minas Gerais 1961 1,040 387 Tucuruí Dam Pará 1984 2,850 8,370 Volta Grande Dam Minas GeraisSão Paulo 1974 380 Xingó Dam AlagoasSergipe 1994 60 3,162
See also List of power stations in Brazil List of hydroelectric power stations in Brazil
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