South Africa

TABLE 1. ENERGY STATISTICS

(Energy values are in exajoules except where indicated) Annual average
growth rate (%)
Total energy requirements 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980–2000 2000–2009
Total 2.75 4.12 4.94 5.27 6.63 2.97 3.32
Solids 2.14 2.93 3.62 3.88 4.36 2.66 2.10
Liquids 0.45 0.85 0.49 0.45 1.27 0.37 11.27
Gases — 0.07 0.07 0.17 0.17 — 11.46
Hydro < 0.01 < 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 7.02 0.71
Nuclear 0.00 0.09 0.14 0.12 0.14 — –0.18
Combustible renewables and waste 0.12 0.18 0.61 0.64 0.66 8.66 1.04
Other renewables 0.03 > -0.01 < 0.01 > –0.01 > –0.01 –12.16
Final energy consumption 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2009
Total 2.84 4.63 6.03 6.28 6.37 3.83 0.62
Solids 2.72 4.10 5.16 5.41 5.51 3.25 0.73
Liquids — 0.19 0.04 < 0.01 < 0.01 — –18.39
Gases — 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.04 — –5.36
Hydro < 0.01 < 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 7.02 0.71
Nuclear 0.00 0.09 0.14 0.12 0.14 — –0.18
Combustible renewables and waste 0.12 0.18 0.61 0.64 0.67 8.62 1.03
Other renewables — — — < 0.01 < 0.01 — —
Net import (Export–Import) 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2009
Total 0.02 –0.51 –0.98 –0.89 0.26
Solids –0.68 –1.17 –1.58 –1.52 –1.14 4.26 –3.51
Liquids 0.67 0.66 0.60 0.56 1.28 –0.59 8.81
Gases — — 0.00 0.09 0.13 — —
Combustible renewables and waste > –0.01 > –0.01 > –0.01 > –0.01 > –0.01 0.89 –4.69

TABLE 2. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND INSTALLED CAPACITY

Annual average
growth rate (%)
Electricity generation 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980–2000 2000–2009
Total 89.64 165.39 210.67 244.92 249.56 4.37 1.90
Nuclear 0.00 8.40 13.01 11.29 12.81 — –0.18
Hydro 1.01 0.62 3.93 4.20 4.19 7.02 0.71
Geothermal — — — 0.05 0.05 — —
Thermal
88.63		 156.37 193.73 229.38 232.50 3.99 2.05
Installed capacity 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980–2000 2000–2009
Total 18.38 26.39 39.19 42.01 43.06 3.86 1.05
Nuclear 0.00 1.84 1.84 1.84 1.84 — 0.00
Hydro 0.55 0.55 1.00 0.70 0.70 3.06 –3.95
Geothermal — — — — — — —
Thermal 17.84 24.00 36.34 39.45 40.50 3.62 1.21

TABLE 3. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

Annual average
growth rate (%)
1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980–2000 2000–2009
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 99.7 113.2 112.1 112.5 134.3 0.59 2.03
Electricity per capita (kWh/capita) 3 250.5 4 546.5 4 780.8 5 223.5 5 060.0 1.95 0.63
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 0.0 5.1 6.2 4.6 5.1 — –2.04
Annual capacity factor — Total (%) 55.7 71.5 61.4 66.6 66.2 0.49 0.84
Annual capacity factor — Thermal (%) 56.7 74.4 60.8 66.4 65.5 0.35 0.83
Annual capacity factor — Hydro (%) 21.1 12.9 44.9 68.9 68.8 3.84 4.85
Annual capacity factor — Nuclear (%) — 52.1 80.6 70.0 79.4 — –0.1

TABLE 4: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2017

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
2017
KOEBERG-1 PWR 930 Operational ESKOM FRAM 1976-07-01 1984-03-14 1984-04-04 1984-07-21 99.5
KOEBERG-2 PWR 930 Operational ESKOM FRAM 1976-07-01 1985-07-07 1985-07-25 1985-11-09 89.2
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.

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