Official installed capacities  

Year	Capacity (MW)	Growth (%)	Onshore share (MW)	Offshore share (MW)
1997	0
1998	0
1999	13
2000	13
2001	13
2002	13
2003	16
2004	17
2005	17
2006	17
2007	17
2008	22
2009	8
2010	10
2011	10
2012	10
2013	102
2014	570
2015	1,053
2016	1,471
2017	2,094
2018	2,094
2019	2,094
2020	2,516
2021	2,956
2022	3,103
2023	3,560
2024	3,560
2025	4,326

Zones (*)  

Zone	Connected capacity (MW)	Share (%)
Northern Cape
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
Unidentified	0,0

Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

Manufacturer	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
Nordex
Vestas
Siemens
Goldwind
Guodian United Power
Suzlon
Acciona
Sinovel
Fuhrländer
Others	0,0
Unidentified	327,8

Top 25 turbines (*)  

Turbine	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
SWT-2.3-108
GW165/5600
N163/5.X
V150/4.5MW
AW-3150/125
GW121/2500
V117/3450
V136/4000-4200
V117/3300
V112/3075
V100/1800
S88/2100
SWT-2.3-101
AW-3000/100
N117/2400
N117/3000
N100/2500
UP86
V90/2000
V100/2000
N90/2500
V112/3000
SL 3000/113
V126/3450
SL 3000/90
Others	28,3
Unidentified	833,7

Turbine power distribution (*)  

Power range	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Less than 1 MW
1 to 2 MW
2 to 3 MW
3 to 4 MW
4 to 5 MW
5 to 6 MW
6 to 7 MW
7 to 8 MW
More than 8 MW

Wind farm age distribution (*)  

Period	Number of connected wind farms	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Before 1980
1980 to 1989
1990 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to 2019
Since 2020
Undated

	Databases        South Africa (windfarms) South Africa (national report) Africa (windfarms) World (windfarms) All databases

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	Main windfarms in operation Pienaarspoort (180,0 MW) Nxuba (148,0 MW) Oyster Bay (147,6 MW) Hartebeesthoek (147,5 MW) Karusa (147,0 MW) Garob (144,9 MW) Brandvalley (144,0 MW) Mulilo De Aar Maanhaarberg 2 (144,0 MW) Rietkloof (144,0 MW) Soetwater (141,9 MW) Coleskop (140,4 MW) Phezukomoya (140,4 MW) San Kraal (140,4 MW) Kangnas (140,3 MW) Khobab (140,3 MW)

	Recent windfarms Impofu (112,1 MW) Impofu (112,1 MW) Hartebeesthoek (147,5 MW) San Kraal (140,4 MW) Phezukomoya (140,4 MW) Coleskop (140,4 MW) Brandvalley (144,0 MW) Rietkloof (144,0 MW) Msenge Emoyeni (69,0 MW) Karusa (147,0 MW)

	Legend #ND: no data (*): according to The Wind Power database

	Update for this sheet 8 March 2026