South Africa has 823 power plants totalling 66,228 MW and 83,069 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Source | Output | Count |
---|---|---|
coal | 48,236 MW | 22 |
solar | 4,255 MW | 696 |
hydro | 3,609 MW | 30 |
wind | 3,597 MW | 37 |
diesel | 2,008 MW | 14 |
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 | 66,228 MW | 823 |
If multiple sources are listed for a power plant, only the first source is used in this breakdown.
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Voltage | Length | Percentage |
---|---|---|
0 V – 9 kV | 8 km | 0.0% |
10 kV – 24 kV | 181 km | 0.2% |
25 kV – 51 kV | 292 km | 0.4% |
52 kV – 131 kV | 16,336 km | 19.7% |
132 kV – 219 kV | 26,620 km | 32.0% |
220 kV – 329 kV | 8,764 km | 10.5% |
330 kV – 549 kV | 21,048 km | 25.3% |
550 kV – | 2,799 km | 3.4% |
No voltage tagged | 7,022 km | 8.5% |
Total | 83,069 km | 100.0% |
Stats updated 2025-07-01