Contribution of renewable energy (MWh) to South Africa's electricity mix , 2016-2024

Created	March 8, 2025
Credit	Eskom, National Transmission Company South Africa
Category	Energy
Description	The annual contribution in megaWatt hours(MWh) of renewable energy to South Africa's electricity supply via the national grid. It includes concentrated solar power (CSP), photovoltaic and wind energy. Other renewable energy makes up a small percentage of the total. Eskom, does not specify what energy sources are included in the other category. This data is sourced from Eskom's Weekly System Status Reports. They can be downloaded from https://www.ntcsa.co.za/system-status-reports/ Last update was 3 March 2025.
Data rows	10
Headers	PV CSP Wind year Total Indicator Last update Sum of csp, pv, wind Other renewable energy

Data

PV	CSP	Wind	year	Total	Indicator	Last update	Sum of csp, pv, wind	Other renewable energy
2,630,141	529,522	3,730,771	2016	6,951,261	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-03-02	6,890,434	60,827
3,324,857	687,703	5,081,023	2017	9,198,632	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-03-02	9,093,583	105,049
3,282,124	1,031,288	6,467,095	2018	10,887,902	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-03-02	10,780,507	107,395
3,324,989	1,557,151	6,624,642	2019	11,586,945	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-03-02	11,506,782	80,163
4,140,212	1,626,049	6,625,830	2020	12,478,704	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-03-02	12,392,091	86,613
5,069,146	1,656,017	8,359,224	2021	15,208,327	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-03-02	15,084,387	123,940
4,844,736	1,448,276	9,692,373	2022	16,202,974	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-03-02	15,985,385	217,589
5,014,845	1,375,349	11,613,364	2023	18,241,202	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-03-02	18,003,558	237,644
5,290,019	1,305,230	11,138,230	2024	17,980,569	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-03-02	17,733,479	247,090
1,380,134	379,106	2,506,533	2025 1Jan to 30 March	4,331,412	Annual Energy Contribution (MWh)	2025-04-01	4,265,773	65,639