South African Grid Pulse

Dataset runs from 2021-01-01 to 2026-10-27.

Live Snapshot

Last timestamp: 27 Oct 2026, 23:00

Demand

0 MW

System load seen by the grid.

Renewables

0 MW

Wind, PV, CSP and other RE output.

Thermal

0 MW

Coal-dominated backbone generation.

Outages

0 MW

Unavailable conventional capacity.

Grid Pulse

Single-metric trend for the selected period.

18k21k24k27k02 Jul08 Aug18 Aug19 Sept27 Oct
27 Oct 2026, 23:00Demand: 19 587 MW

Demand Rhythm

Hourly or monthly average demand profile for the selected period.

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18:00: 25 228 MW average demand.

Load Duration Curve

Demand sorted highest to lowest across 528 observations — shows how many hours the system operates at or above any given level.

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Demand ≥ 27 352 MW1 of 528 hours (0% of period)

Generation Mix

Average contribution by source for the selected period.

Nuclear3%