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Eskom energy availability factor in South Africa, by week

Weekly Energy Availability Factor (EAF) percentage across Eskom power stations, representing the proportion of available generation capacity. Excludes electricity generated by independent power producers (IPPs), renewable energy sources, and imported power.

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304 rows, 8 columns.

year Year
Calendar year. 2020 – 2026
week_number Number
Weeks are numbered 1 to 53 1 – 53
year_week Text
Year and Year_week combined
energy_availability_factor Number
% available energy generation (see description for definition of EAF) 48.45 – 79.02
planned_outage_factor Number
% planned energy losses 3.72 – 20.65
unplanned_outage_factor Number
% of unplanned energy losses 12.37 – 38.7
other_outage_factor Number
% of other energy losses 0 – 7.53
date Date
Date at the end of the reporting week 2020-12-13 – 2026-10-04

Latest rows

yearweek_numberyear_weekenergy_availability_factorplanned_outage_factorunplanned_outage_factorother_outage_factordate
2026402026-4071.6312.5315.660.182026-10-04
2026392026-3969.0914.4216.480.012026-09-27
2026382026-3871.5612.7915.640.012026-09-20
2026372026-3769.813.5216.590.092026-09-13
2026362026-3666.8115.17180.022026-09-06
2026352026-3568.7317.2113.60.462026-08-30
2026342026-3470.415.1913.950.462026-08-23
2026332026-3372.0412.9714.880.112026-08-16
2026322026-3271.8711.8616.050.222026-08-09
2026312026-3177.4310.212.3702026-08-02
2026302026-3079.027.1613.810.012026-07-26
2026292026-2975.787.8516.360.012026-07-19
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