Installed wind power capacity
Africa · as of 1 Jan 2021
Installed wind power capacity in the Africa reached 6 billion watts as of 1 January 2021 (GWEC).
- Publisher
- GWEC
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Article body
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
During her tenure, Africa's installed wind capacity grew from 6 GW to 10 GW, funding mobilisation increased tenfold, and GWEC expanded its regional presence while supporting the development of national wind associations and industry bodies across the continent, including the establishment of the Nigerian Wind Energy Council.
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- APA
- Global Wind Energy Council. (2021). Juliana Kainga appointed GWEC Africa WindPower (AWP) Director. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.gwec.net/news/juliana-kainga-appointed-gwec-africa-windpower-awp-director. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D4Z4YVR05Z4PY0K09ZA9K2928J
- MLA
- Global Wind Energy Council. "Juliana Kainga appointed GWEC Africa WindPower (AWP) Director." 2021, https://www.gwec.net/news/juliana-kainga-appointed-gwec-africa-windpower-awp-director. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D4Z4YVR05Z4PY0K09ZA9K2928J.
- Chicago
- Global Wind Energy Council. "Juliana Kainga appointed GWEC Africa WindPower (AWP) Director." 2021. https://www.gwec.net/news/juliana-kainga-appointed-gwec-africa-windpower-awp-director. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D4Z4YVR05Z4PY0K09ZA9K2928J.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gwec2021installedk2928j, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Juliana Kainga appointed GWEC Africa WindPower (AWP) Director}, year = {2021}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D4Z4YVR05Z4PY0K09ZA9K2928J}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/juliana-kainga-appointed-gwec-africa-windpower-awp-director. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- Juliana Kainga appointed GWEC Africa WindPower (AWP) Director
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Article body
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_D4Z4YVR05Z4PY0K09ZA9K2928J