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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ South Africa

South Africa has 1047 power plants totalling 67,921 MW and 83,904 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in South Africa by source
Source Output Count
coal 47,582 MW 22
solar 5,227 MW 898
wind 4,825 MW 50
hydro 3,615 MW 37
diesel 2,008 MW 15
nuclear 1,960 MW 2
gas 1,861 MW 9
oil 335 MW 4
battery 333 MW 4
[unspecified] 140 MW 2
biomass 25.00 MW 2
biogas 10.00 MW 1
waste 1
All 67,921 MW 1047

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 30 km 0.0%
10 kV – 24 kV 339 km 0.4%
25 kV – 51 kV 294 km 0.4%
52 kV – 131 kV 16,397 km 19.5%
132 kV – 219 kV 26,568 km 31.7%
220 kV – 329 kV 8,766 km 10.4%
330 kV – 549 kV 21,116 km 25.2%
550 kV – 2,799 km 3.3%
No voltage tagged 7,594 km 9.1%
Total 83,904 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2026-04-27