'Muela is a 72 MW hydro power plant in Butha-Buthe, Lesotho. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 72,082 homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 1 Lesotho power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 100.0% of Lesotho's electricity; the national grid averages 21 gCO₂/kWh (100.0% low-carbon) (2022).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023088.
This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 28.8°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 47% above 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: 78/100 — this site sits in the top 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.
Lesotho has 1 hydro power plant in this dataset, together about 72 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -28.7804, 28.4535 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
