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Asset classes
- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
Chokepoints
Company portfolio
Eskom
83 facilities owned or operated across 4 layers and 1 countries, plus 427 transmission & pipeline segments — the cross-layer footprint of a single company.
83
Facilities
6.2 GW
5 power plants
9
Owned
502
Operated
Generation capacity by fuel
- hydro4.2 GW
- nuclear1.9 GW
Asset mix
Substations 74Power Plants 5Grid Storage 4
Network · 427 transmission lines (≥380 kv) segments
Where they operate
Under construction & proposed
- Tubatse hydroelectric plantPower Plants · South Africa · 1.5 GW · 2033
- Tubatse hydroelectric plantGrid Storage · South Africa · 1.5 GW · 2033
Largest assets
- Koeberg nuclear power plantPower Plants · South Africa · 1.9 GW · 1984
- Tubatse hydroelectric plantPower Plants · South Africa · 1.5 GW · 2033
- Tubatse hydroelectric plantGrid Storage · South Africa · 1.5 GW · 2033
- Ingula hydroelectric plantPower Plants · South Africa · 1.3 GW · 2016
- Ingula hydroelectric plantGrid Storage · South Africa · 1.3 GW · 2016
- Drakensberg hydroelectric plantPower Plants · South Africa · 1.0 GW · 1982
- Drakensberg hydroelectric plantGrid Storage · South Africa · 1.0 GW · 1982
- Palmiet hydroelectric plantPower Plants · South Africa · 400 MW · 1988
- Palmiet hydroelectric plantGrid Storage · South Africa · 400 MW · 1988
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- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
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- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)
- 400 kV lineopTransmission Lines (≥380 kV)