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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ South Africa

South Africa has 1006 power plants totalling 67,520 MW and 83,602 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in South Africa by source
Source Output Count
coal 45,582 MW 22
solar 5,194 MW 870
hydro 3,615 MW 37
wind 3,597 MW 37
Coal 3,000 MW 1
diesel 2,008 MW 15
nuclear 1,960 MW 2
gas 1,861 MW 9
oil 335 MW 4
battery 333 MW 4
biomass 25.00 MW 2
biogas 10.00 MW 1
waste 1
[unspecified] 1
All 67,520 MW 1006

If multiple sources are listed for a power plant, only the first source is used in this breakdown.

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Power Lines
Voltage Length Percentage
0 V – 9 kV 14 km 0.0%
10 kV – 24 kV 339 km 0.4%
25 kV – 51 kV 292 km 0.3%
52 kV – 131 kV 16,376 km 19.6%
132 kV – 219 kV 26,589 km 31.8%
220 kV – 329 kV 8,766 km 10.5%
330 kV – 549 kV 21,050 km 25.2%
550 kV – 2,799 km 3.3%
No voltage tagged 7,376 km 8.8%
Total 83,602 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2026-01-28