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South Africa: Installed generating capacity, clean sources (renewables and nuclear)

18.53GW · 2025+245.1% since 2015

Installed electricity generating capacity for clean sources (renewables and nuclear). Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (GW)Note
202518.53
202415.44
202314.39
202211.82
20219.64
20209.18
20197.85
20187.55
20177.25
20166.32
20155.37
20144.65
20133.45
20122.95
20112.95
20102.93
20092.92
20082.9
20072.89
20062.88
20052.88
20042.88
20033.52
20023.22
20013.22
20003.19

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Installed generating capacity, clean sources (renewables and nuclear). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-capacity-clean (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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