Longyuan Mulilo Green Energy De Aar 2 North Wind Energy Facility

Longyuan Mulilo Green Energy De Aar 2 North Wind Energy Facility is a 144 MW wind power station in Northern Cape, South Africa. It is operated by Longyuan South Africa Renewables / Mulilo. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 122,539 homes (estimated). It ranks #33 of 122 South Africa power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 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 WRI1061284.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in South Africa

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

Owner

Operated by Longyuan South Africa Renewables / Mulilo. 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 cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — 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 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 #1 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

• Solar Capital De Aar III · Solar · 75 MW · Northern Cape
• De Aar 3 Solar Power Plant · Solar · 75 MW · Northern Cape
• Solar Capital De Aar I · Solar · 75 MW · Northern Cape
• De Aar - Mainstream Solar Power Plant · Solar · 50 MW · Northern Cape
• De Aar Solar Power · Solar · 48 MW · Northern Cape
• Mulilo Renewable Energy Solar PV De Aar · Solar · 10 MW · Northern Cape

Location

Coordinates -30.5411, 24.26 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.