Wind power plant in Western Cape, South Africa. Approximate location -33.3173, 18.2586.
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Darling Wind Farm is a 5 MW wind power plant in Western Cape, South Africa. It is operated by Darling Wind power. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 4,425 homes (estimated). It ranks #115 of 122 South Africa power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 4.7% of South Africa's electricity; the national grid averages 699 gCO₂/kWh (17.8% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061293.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Darling Wind power.
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 33.3°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 72% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 23/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
The #24 largest wind power plant of 24 in South Africa by capacity.
South Africa has 24 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 2,031 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -33.3173, 18.2586 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
