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Energy sites in South Africa

271 battery, solar and wind sites in South Africa, each with its status, its size and any incident on the register that names it. 134 operating, 31 being built, 92 in planning, 14 refused, withdrawn or closed.

Battery storageSolarOnshore windOffshore windFaded: refused, withdrawn or closed

By region

• Eastern Cape 25
• Eastern Cape Province 2
• Free State 39
• Gauteng 10
• Kwazulu-Natal 1
• KwaZulu-Natal 3
• Limpopo 20
• Mpumalanga 9
• North West 23
• Northern Cape 79
• Northern Cape Province 2
• Western Cap 1
• Western Cape 35
• Western Cape Province 2

Region not given

• Komati wind farmOnshore wind · 70 MW · Cancelled (shelved)
• Humansdorp e-methanol solar farmSolar · 150 MW · Planned (announced)
• Humansdorp e-methanol wind farmOnshore wind · 150 MW · Planned (announced)
• Lethabo Power Plant solar farmSolar · 75 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Onderstepoort solar farmSolar · 410 MW · Planned (permitted)
• JER Green Hydrogen Solar PV Project (South Africa)Solar · 12000 MW · Planned (announced)
• Zen wind farmOnshore wind · 100 MW · Under construction
• Bergriver wind farmOnshore wind · 94 MW · Under construction
• KarooSolar · 50.4 MW · Operational
• Karoo Renewable Energy Facility (Nobelsfontein Wind)Onshore wind · 73.8 MW · Operational
• Coega IDZ WindfarmOnshore wind · 73.8 MW · Operational
• Amakhala Emoyeni Wind FarmOnshore wind · 134 MW · Operational
• Khobab WindOnshore wind · 140 MW · Operational
• Klawer Wind FarmOnshore wind · 30 MW · Operational
• Longyuan Mulilo De Aar Maanhaarberg Wind Energy FacilityOnshore wind · 100 MW · Operational
• Longyuan Mulilo Green Energy De Aar 2 North Wind Energy FacilityOnshore wind · 144 MW · Operational
• Darling Wind FarmOnshore wind · 5.2 MW · Operational
• Jeffrey's Bay Wind FarmOnshore wind · 138 MW · Operational
• Waainek Wind FarmOnshore wind · 23 MW · Operational
• Grassridge Wind FarmOnshore wind · 61.5 MW · Operational

Source: Global Energy Monitor, Global Solar Power Tracker and Global Wind Power Tracker, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Global Power Plant Database v1.3.0, World Resources Institute, licensed under CC BY 4.0.