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Omburu — 5 MW Solar

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Omburu is a 5 MW solar power plant located in Namibia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
5 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
NamPower

Operator

Location
-21.41, 15.97

Coordinates

Insights

#12
largest in Namibia
#7,040
largest Solar worldwide
#30,103
largest worldwide
2015
1 yrs older than avg
5
operated by NamPower
0
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Solar
Capacity
5 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
NamPower
Country
NAM
Coordinates
-21.415, 15.973

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
291 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
8,728 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
41 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

63
cars / year
39
homes / year
13,224
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Omburu is a 4.5 MW solar power plant in Namibia, operational since its commissioning. It is one of eight solar plants in the country.

Ranked #7 of 8 solar plants in Namibia, Omburu accounts for 5.45% of Namibia’s total solar capacity of 83 MW. The largest solar plant in Namibia is Arandis at 50 MW, making Omburu 11.1 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km of Omburu. The facility is situated in the Erongo region of Namibia, approximately 300 km west of Windhoek.

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