Other power plant in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Approximate location -28.7617, 31.9934.
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Richards Bay Mill power station is a 150 MW other power station in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is operated by Mondi South Africa Pty Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 112k homes (estimated). It ranks #61 of 152 South Africa power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 322,380 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 75k cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 699 gCO₂/kWh (17.8% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-6239.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: Climate TRACE source-record capacity (modelled/legacy); fuel: Primary fuel not stated in available source record; classified as Other/industrial-mixed pending country registry match
This facility converts its energy source into electricity for the grid; its capacity, fuel type and location determine its role in the national power mix.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Mondi South Africa Pty Ltd.
This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — 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 99% 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: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #2 largest other power plant of 2 in South Africa by capacity.
South Africa has 2 other power plants in this dataset, together about 464 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -28.7617, 31.9934 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Richards Bay Mill power station is a 150 MW source-record other power plant in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 112,403 homes (estimated).
Richards Bay Mill power station is operated by Mondi South Africa Pty Ltd.
Richards Bay Mill power station has modelled emissions of about 322,380 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).
