Kumeyaay Wind

Wind power plant in California, United States of America. Approximate location 32.7056, -116.3425.

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Kumeyaay Wind is a 50 MW wind power plant in California, United States of America. It is operated by Leeward Asset Management LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 157 GWh, it can supply roughly 44,828 homes. It ranks #2746 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2006, it is around 20 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

50MW installed capacity
157GWh reported / yr
44,828homes powered
2006commissioned (~20 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056295.

Reported generation trend

2013: 148 GWh20132014: 140 GWh20142015: 127 GWh20152016: 143 GWh20162017: 118 GWh20172018: 156 GWh20182019: 157 GWh2019157 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Leeward Asset Management LLC. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

15.3°Cannual mean temp
1,576heating degree-days (base 18°C)
606cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,038 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 8 °CJF: 9 °CFM: 10 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 22 °CSO: 17 °CON: 12 °CND: 8 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 36% 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: 35/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #631 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,477 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 32.7056, -116.3425 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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