HURRAY! Our generators driven economy is now the largest economy in Africa after we have overtaken South Africa that is generating thousands of Megawatt of electricity. In the next two years, Japan, USA and China will be trailing us behind. South Africa produces around 240,300 gigawatt-hours (865,000 TJ) electricity annually.[1]2007 est. Most of this electricity is consumed domestically, but around 12,000 gigawatt-hour[2] is annually exported export to Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and other Southern African Development Community countries participating in the Southern African Power Pool.[3] South Africa supplement its electricity supply by importing around 9,000 gigawatt-hours per year from the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric generation station in Mozambique via the 1,000MW Cahora Bassa high-voltage direct current transmission system.[4] Most power stations in South Africa are owned and operated by Eskom and these plants account for 95% of all the electricity produced in South Africa and 45% of all electricity produced on the African continent.[5][6] The following is a list of electricity generating facilities within South Africa. It contains currently operational facilities as well as notable facilities that are under construction or have been decommissioned.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:33:16 +0000