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South Africa has 6,505MW of installed renewable energy capacity that generates power for the national electricity grid, according to Eskom.
Just over half (53%) of it is wind and 44% is solar, mostly photovoltaic, but there is some concentrated solar power (CSP).
For comparison, Kusile, which is one of the biggest of South Africa’s 14 coal power stations, has installed capacity of 4,800MW.
Just under 18-million megawatt-hours (or 18 terrawatt hours) of electricity from renewables was generated in 2024, nearly two-thirds of it wind, Eskom reports.
One megawatt hour of electricity can power between 500 and 1,000 homes for an hour. A rough calculation shows that renewable energy in 2024 could have powered 12.5-million households for a month. That’s about 70% of the 17.5-million households in South Africa, according to the last census.
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Just over half (53%) of it is wind and 44% is solar, mostly photovoltaic, but there is some concentrated solar power (CSP).
For comparison, Kusile, which is one of the biggest of South Africa’s 14 coal power stations, has installed capacity of 4,800MW.
Just under 18-million megawatt-hours (or 18 terrawatt hours) of electricity from renewables was generated in 2024, nearly two-thirds of it wind, Eskom reports.
One megawatt hour of electricity can power between 500 and 1,000 homes for an hour. A rough calculation shows that renewable energy in 2024 could have powered 12.5-million households for a month. That’s about 70% of the 17.5-million households in South Africa, according to the last census.
Get the data used in this chart on DataDesk