South Africa
TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Fossil fuels | Nuclear | Renewables | ||||
Coal | Crude Oil | Natural Gas | Uranium** | Hydro | Other renewable | |
Total amount in specific units* | ||||||
Total amount in exajoules (EJ) |
TABLE 2. ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Final Energy consumption [PJ] | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2019 | Compound annual growth rate 2000–2019 (%) |
Total | 2 263 | 2 546 | 2 645 | 2 788 | 2 803 | 1.13 |
Coal, Lignate and Peat | 605 | 721 | 658 | 682 | 588 | -0.15 |
Oil | 667 | 789 | 929 | 1 073 | 1 132 | 2.82 |
Natural gas | 36 | 78 | 50 | 94 | 99 | 5.47 |
Bioenergy and Waste | 329 | 263 | 277 | 247 | 246 | -1.52 |
Electricity | 626 | 694 | 728 | 687 | 733 | 0.83 |
Heat | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
Electricity production (GWh) | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2019 | Compound annual growth rate 2000–2019 (%) |
Total | 210 670 | 244 922 | 259 601 | 249 655 | 252 223 | 0.95 |
Coal, Lignate and Peat | 193 419 | 229 055 | 241 872 | 228 498 | 221 244 | 0.71 |
Oil | 0 | 78 | 197 | 183 | 182 | |
Natural gas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bioenergy and Waste | 307 | 285 | 332 | 372 | 443 | 1.95 |
Hydro | 3 934 | 4 199 | 5 067 | 3 729 | 5 798 | 2.06 |
Nuclear | 13 010 | 11 293 | 12 099 | 12 237 | 13 525 | 0.20 |
Wind | 0 | 12 | 34 | 2 500 | 6 511 | |
Solar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 136 | 4 521 | |
Geothermal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS
2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | year* | |
Nuclear/total electricity (%) |
TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31. DECEMBER 2020
Reactor Unit | Type | Net Capacity [MW(e)] |
Status | Operator | Reactor Supplier |
Construction Date |
First Criticality Date |
First Grid Date |
Commercial Date |
Shutdown Date |
UCF for 2020 |
KOEBERG-1 | PWR | 930 | Operational | ESKOM | FRAM | 7/1/1976 | 3/14/1984 | 4/4/1984 | 7/21/1984 | 94.6 | |
KOEBERG-2 | PWR | 930 | Operational | ESKOM | FRAM | 7/1/1976 | 7/7/1985 | 7/25/1985 | 11/9/1985 | 78.9 |
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). | |||||||||||
Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report. |