Wind power plant in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Approximate location -34.0731, 24.5057.
WindEastern CapeSouth Africa
Tsitsikamma Community Wind Farm is a 95 MW wind power plant in Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is operated by Exxaro (50%) Tata Power (50%). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 80,842 homes (estimated). It ranks #49 of 122 South Africa power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 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 WRI1061300.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Exxaro (50%) Tata Power (50%).
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 34.1°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 76% 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: 22/100 — 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.
The #11 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.
Coordinates -34.0731, 24.5057 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
