Khobab Wind

Khobab Wind is a 140 MW wind power station in Northern Cape, South Africa. It is operated by Lekela POwer. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 119,136 homes (estimated). It ranks #34 of 122 South Africa power plants by installed capacity. 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 WRI1061278.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in South Africa

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Lekela POwer.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 30.5°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 62% 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: 26/100 — 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 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.

Nearby power plants

• Loeriesfontein 2 · Wind · 140 MW · Northern Cape
• Aries Solar Power Plant · Solar · 11 MW · Northern Cape
• Xina One · Solar · 100 MW · Northern Cape
• Konkoonsies Solar Power Plant · Solar · 11 MW · Northern Cape
• Konkoonsies II Solar Facility · Solar · 75 MW · Northern Cape
• Neusberg · Hydro · 13 MW · Northern Cape

Location

Coordinates -30.4642, 19.5233 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.