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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
The Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River in Brazil reached full generating capacity of 11233 megawatts in 2025.
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Contradicted by strong evidence
8 sources · 6 support, 2 contradict
What we can confirm
Authoritative technical and reference sources state that the Belo Monte dam complex reached its full *installed* capacity of 11,233 MW when the 18th and final turbine was commissioned and the plant was inaugurated in November 2019, not in 2025. The 11,233 MW figure refers to nameplate/installed capacity; guaranteed average generation is far lower and there is no evidence of a separate milestone in 2025 for "reaching" that capacity.
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Checked July 8, 2026
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