What ranks first in largest power plants in south africa by capacity?

Kusile Power Station (South Africa) ranks #1 with 4,800 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 152 power plants in in South Africa.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Kusile Power Station (4,800); 2. Medupi West power station (4,800); 3. Medupi power station (4,769).

Largest power plants in South Africa by capacity

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Kusile Power Station	Coal	South Africa	4,800
2	Medupi West power station	Coal	South Africa	4,800
3	Medupi power station	Coal	South Africa	4,769
4	Majuba power station	Coal	South Africa	4,143
5	Kendal power station	Coal	South Africa	4,116
6	Matimba power station	Coal	South Africa	3,990
7	Lethabo power station	Coal	South Africa	3,708
8	Tutuka power station	Coal	South Africa	3,654
9	Matla power station	Coal	South Africa	3,600
10	Richards Bay (Mhlathuze Energy) power station	Gas	South Africa	3,300
11	Musina-Makhado power station	Coal	South Africa	3,300
12	Duvha power station	Coal	South Africa	3,000
13	Kriel power station	Coal	South Africa	3,000
14	Coega power station	Gas	South Africa	3,000
15	Richards Bay (Eskom) power station	Gas	South Africa	3,000
16	Nseleni Independent Floating power station	Gas	South Africa	2,800
17	Arnot power station	Coal	South Africa	2,352
18	Hendrina power station	Coal	South Africa	2,000
19	Phakwe Richards Bay Power Plant	Gas	South Africa	2,000
20	Koeberg	Nuclear	South Africa	1,940
21	Camden power station	Coal	South Africa	1,600
22	Coal-3 power station	Coal	South Africa	1,500
23	Unnamed South Africa coal projects	Coal	South Africa	1,500
24	Ankerlig	Oil	South Africa	1,338
25	Boikarabelo power station (CESC)	Coal	South Africa	1,320
26	Grootvlei power station	Coal	South Africa	1,180
27	Colenso power station	Coal	South Africa	1,050
28	Drakensberg	Hydro	South Africa	1,000
29	Khanyazwe Flexpower power station	Gas	South Africa	1,000
30	Komati Power Station	Coal	South Africa	990
31	Secunda power station	Gas	South Africa	880
32	Gourikwa	Oil	South Africa	740
33	Avon power station	Gas	South Africa	670
34	Namane power station	Coal	South Africa	660
35	Thabametsi power station	Coal	South Africa	630
36	Kelvin power station	Coal	South Africa	600
37	Boikarabelo power station (Resgen)	Coal	South Africa	600
38	Khanyisa power station	Coal	South Africa	600
39	KiPower power station	Coal	South Africa	600
40	Lephalale Coal and Power Project	Coal	South Africa	600
41	Umbani power station	Coal	South Africa	600
42	Vedanta power station	Coal	South Africa	600
43	Waterberg Coal power station	Coal	South Africa	600
44	Karpowership Coega power station	Gas	South Africa	450
45	Karpowership Richards Bay power station	Gas	South Africa	450
46	Phinda power plant	Gas	South Africa	450
47	Palmiet	Hydro	South Africa	400
48	Richards Bay Gas to Power Plant 2	Gas	South Africa	400
49	Gariep	Hydro	South Africa	360
50	Dedisa power station	Oil	South Africa	335
51	Karpowership Saldanha power station	Gas	South Africa	320
52	SASOL ONE	Other	South Africa	314
53	Rooiwal power station	Coal	South Africa	300
54	Elitheni power station	Coal	South Africa	300
55	Richards Bay Umbani power station	Coal	South Africa	270
56	Vanderkloof	Hydro	South Africa	240
57	Sibanye Gold power station	Coal	South Africa	200
58	Pretoria West power station	Coal	South Africa	180
59	Acacia	Gas	South Africa	171
60	Port Rex	Gas	South Africa	171
61	Richards Bay Mill power station	Other	South Africa	150
62	Longyuan Mulilo Green Energy De Aar 2 North Wind Energy Facility	Wind	South Africa	144
63	Khobab Wind	Wind	South Africa	140
64	Loeriesfontein 2	Wind	South Africa	140
65	Cookhouse	Wind	South Africa	139
66	Gouda Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	138
67	Jeffrey's Bay Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	138
68	Droogfontein Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	136
69	Transalloy power station	Coal	South Africa	135
70	Amakhala Emoyeni Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	131
71	SAPPI NGODWANA	Biomass	South Africa	117
72	Dorper Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	100
73	KaXu Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	100
74	Kathu CSP	Solar	South Africa	100
75	Kathu Solar Park	Solar	South Africa	100
76	Longyuan Mulilo De Aar Maanhaarberg Wind Energy Facility	Wind	South Africa	100
77	Sere	Wind	South Africa	100
78	Xina One	Solar	South Africa	100
79	Jasper Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	96
80	Tsitsikamma Community Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	95
81	Sishen Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	94
82	West Coast 1	Wind	South Africa	94
83	Konkoonsies Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	86
84	Mulilo Sonnedix Prieska	Solar	South Africa	86
85	Prieska Solar Plant	Solar	South Africa	86
86	Adams Solar PV Project	Solar	South Africa	82
87	Paleisheuwel Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	82
88	Pulida Solar Park	Solar	South Africa	82
89	Nouport Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	80
90	Red Cap	Wind	South Africa	80
91	De Aar 3 Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	75
92	Dreunberg Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	75
93	Konkoonsies II Solar Facility	Solar	South Africa	75
94	Lesedi Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	75
95	Letsatsi Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	75
96	Solar Capital De Aar I	Solar	South Africa	75
97	Solar Capital De Aar III	Solar	South Africa	75
98	Coega IDZ Windfarm	Wind	South Africa	74
99	Kalkbult Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	74
100	Karoo Renewable Energy Facility (Nobelsfontein Wind)	Wind	South Africa	74
101	Hopefield	Wind	South Africa	67
102	Boshoff Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	66
103	Tom Burke Solar Park	Solar	South Africa	66
104	Grassridge Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	62
105	Karoo	Solar	South Africa	50
106	Bokpoort Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	50
107	De Aar - Mainstream Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	50
108	Khi Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	50
109	De Aar Solar Power	Solar	South Africa	46
110	Touwsrivier Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	44
111	Linde Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	40
112	Malelane power station	Biomass	South Africa	34
113	Felixton power station	Biomass	South Africa	32
114	Soutpan Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	31
115	Klawer Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	30
116	Witkop Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	30
117	Dassieklip	Wind	South Africa	27
118	Van Stadens	Wind	South Africa	27
119	Hernic Waste Heat Plant	Waste	South Africa	26
120	Waainek Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	23
121	Chaba Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	22
122	Maidstone power station	Biomass	South Africa	21
123	Herbert Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	20
124	Komati (biomass) power station	Biomass	South Africa	20
125	Prieska - Mulilo Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	20
126	ENERGY Joburg Electircity Project power station	Biomass	South Africa	19
127	Noodsberg power station	Biomass	South Africa	19
128	Sezela power station	Biomass	South Africa	19
129	Umfolozi power station	Biomass	South Africa	16
130	Gledhow Cogeneration power station	Biomass	South Africa	14
131	Swartland Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	14
132	Darnall power station	Biomass	South Africa	13
133	Neusberg	Hydro	South Africa	13
134	Amatikulu power station	Biomass	South Africa	12
135	De Aar - Mulilo Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	11
136	Greefspan Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	11
137	Aries Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	11
138	Aurora Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	10
139	Lomati	Biomass	South Africa	10
140	Mulilo Renewable Energy Solar PV De Aar	Solar	South Africa	10
141	Upington Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	9
142	Vredendal Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	9
143	Bethlehem Hydro	Hydro	South Africa	7
144	RustMo1 Solar Power Plant	Solar	South Africa	7
145	Bisasar Road Landfill	Waste	South Africa	6
146	Darling Wind Farm	Wind	South Africa	5
147	SlimSun Swartland Solar Park	Solar	South Africa	5
148	PetroSA Biogas Plant	Waste	South Africa	4
149	Grahamstown	Biomass	South Africa	4
150	Dundee Biogas	Waste	South Africa	2
151	Ferro Waste Heat Plant	Waste	South Africa	2
152	Mariannhill Landfill	Waste	South Africa	2

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Largest power plants in South Africa by capacity

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