New conventional hydropower capacity added
RecordSTO-9VHGTJBJDD-RVKRYB7BHR-GGYVE8
Africa · 2025
New conventional hydropower capacity added in Africa was more than 4 billion watts in 2025 (IHA).
New conventional hydropower capacity added: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IHA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Regional momentum builds
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Africa delivered more than 4 GW of new conventional hydropower for a second consecutive year, while Europe is expanding pumped storage investment to address growing flexibility shortages in renewable-heavy power systems.
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APA
International Hydropower Association. (2025). World Hydropower Outlook 2026: Global Capacity & Data 2026 World Hydropower Outlook. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.hydropower.org/publications/2026-world-hydropower-outlook. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9VHGTJBJDDRVKRYB7BHRGGYVE8
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook 2026: Global Capacity & Data 2026 World Hydropower Outlook." 2025, https://www.hydropower.org/publications/2026-world-hydropower-outlook. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9VHGTJBJDDRVKRYB7BHRGGYVE8.
- Chicago
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook 2026: Global Capacity & Data 2026 World Hydropower Outlook." 2025. https://www.hydropower.org/publications/2026-world-hydropower-outlook. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9VHGTJBJDDRVKRYB7BHRGGYVE8.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iha2025conventionalggyve8, author = {{International Hydropower Association}}, title = {World Hydropower Outlook 2026: Global Capacity \& Data 2026 World Hydropower Outlook}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9VHGTJBJDDRVKRYB7BHRGGYVE8}, note = {Original source: https://www.hydropower.org/publications/2026-world-hydropower-outlook. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Hydropower Association · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- World Hydropower Outlook 2026: Global Capacity & Data 2026 World Hydropower Outlook
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Regional momentum builds
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_9VHGTJBJDDRVKRYB7BHRGGYVE8