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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ South Africa

South Africa has 807 power plants totalling 66,212 MW and 83,063 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in South Africa by source
Source Output Count
coal 48,236 MW 22
solar 4,251 MW 684
hydro 3,609 MW 28
wind 3,597 MW 37
diesel 2,008 MW 14
nuclear 1,960 MW 2
gas 1,848 MW 7
oil 335 MW 4
battery 333 MW 4
biomass 25.00 MW 2
biogas 10.00 MW 1
waste 1
[unspecified] 1
All 66,212 MW 807

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 8 km 0.0%
10 kV – 24 kV 165 km 0.2%
25 kV – 51 kV 292 km 0.4%
52 kV – 131 kV 16,351 km 19.7%
132 kV – 219 kV 26,620 km 32.0%
220 kV – 329 kV 8,764 km 10.6%
330 kV – 549 kV 21,048 km 25.3%
550 kV – 2,799 km 3.4%
No voltage tagged 7,016 km 8.4%
Total 83,063 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2025-06-13