South African Grid Pulse

Dataset runs from 2021-01-01 to 2026-09-13.

Live Snapshot

Last timestamp: 13 Sept 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.

18k21k24k27k29 May24 Jun08 Aug18 Aug13 Sept
13 Sept 2026, 23:00Demand: 16 894 MW

Demand Rhythm

Hourly or monthly average demand profile for the selected period.

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18:00: 25 998 MW average demand.

Load Duration Curve

Demand sorted highest to lowest across 600 observations — shows how many hours the system operates at or above any given level.

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Demand ≥ 28 200 MW1 of 600 hours (0% of period)

Generation Mix

Average contribution by source for the selected period.

Nuclear3%