[{"Meta":"Dataset","Value":"Electricity generated by Eskom's open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT) and gas-turbines"},{"Meta":"Sources","Value":"Eskom supplied on request. The data supplied is electricity generated per hour. The Outlier calculated the monthly MWh generated by summing the hours of electricity generation in a month."},{"Meta":"Source_link","Value":"https://www.eskom.co.za/dataportal/supply-side/station-build-up-for-the-last-7-days/"},{"Meta":"Last_update","Value":"2026-04-21"},{"Meta":"Notes","Value":"Data is updated monthly"},{"Meta":"Description","Value":"MWh of electricity generated by Eskom's four gas-turbine power stations. These burn mainly diesel, are expensive to run and are used to supplement electricity supply when the coal fleet is unable to meet demand. Eskom reports data for its open-cycle gas turbines (OCGT), Ankerlig and Gourikwa, separately from the other two, Port Rex and Acacia, which are older modular gas turbines. \n"},{"Meta":"Variable","Value":"Description"},{"Meta":"year_month","Value":"YYYY-MM. Timeframe from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-30"},{"Meta":"gas_mw","Value":"MWh generated by Eskom's two gas-fired power stations"},{"Meta":"ocgt_mw","Value":"MWh generated by Eskom's open-cycle gas turbines (OCGT) power stations"}]