NationMaster - South African Energy statistics

Coal consumption	170,500,000		[6th of 41]
Coal production	224.5 million tonnes		[8th of 31]
Commercial energy use	2,513.85		[43rd of 119]
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel	93.5 %		[88th of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Hydro	1.1 %		[133rd of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear	5.5 %		[25th of 223]
Gasoline prices	0.82		[95th of 141]
Nuclear electricity generation	12 terawatt-hours		[22nd of 29]
Nuclear energy consumption	12.6 terawatt-hours		[24th of 28]
Nuclear reactors operable	2		[23rd of 29]
Nuclear reactors operable > MWe	1,842		[21st of 29]
Nuclear reactors under construction	0		[23rd of 29]
Nuclear waste generated	-0.23		[11th of 45]
Oil imports > Net	258,000 barrels per day		[16th of 21]
Oil refining ability	468,547 barrels per day		[23rd of 51]
use > kt of oil equivalent	131,137 kt of oil equivalent	...	[19th of 132]
Wall plugs > Frequency	50 HZ		[145th of 151]
Wall plugs > Plug type South Africa
Wall plugs > Voltage	230 V		[82nd of 209]
Wind energy installation	16.6 MW		[37th of 53]

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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; BP; ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org; ANSTO, IAEA, WNA; International Atomic Energy Agency, Waste Management Database, 1997 via ciesin.org; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Development Indicators database; World Wind Energy Association

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: South Africa, Republic of South Africa, rep. of s. africa, SAFRICA

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