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Renewable energy in South Africa, 2016-2024

CategoryEnergy
DescriptionThe 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 6 April 2025.
SourceEskom, National Transmission Company South Africa
Data9 columns, 10 rows
Headers
pv
csp
wind
year
total
indicator
last_update
sum_of_csp_pv_wind
other_renewable_energy
Meta and variable descriptions
Data
pvcspwindyeartotalindicatorlast_updatesum_of_csp_pv_windother_renewable_energy
2,630,141529,5223,730,77120166,951,261Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-03-026,890,43460,827
3,324,857687,7035,081,02320179,198,632Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-03-029,093,583105,049
3,282,1241,031,2886,467,095201810,887,902Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-03-0210,780,507107,395
3,324,9891,557,1516,624,642201911,586,945Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-03-0211,506,78280,163
4,140,2121,626,0496,625,830202012,478,704Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-03-0212,392,09186,613
5,069,1461,656,0178,359,224202115,208,327Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-03-0215,084,387123,940
4,844,7361,448,2769,692,373202216,202,974Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-03-0215,985,385217,589
5,014,8451,375,34911,613,364202318,241,202Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-03-0218,003,558237,644
5,327,6331,305,23011,138,230202417,980,569Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-05-0717,771,093209,476
1,885,667509,9843,497,0792025 1 Jan to 4 May5,965,175Annual Energy Contribution (MWh) 2025-05-075,892,73072,445