Renewable energy capacity awaiting commissioning

RecordSTO-DSEWJDTEYW-7T89ACDBAT-TM1E1J

17,361MW

Africa · as of 1 Jun 2018

Renewable energy capacity awaiting commissioning in Africa was 17,361 MW as of 1 June 2018 (REN21).

Original source

Renewable energy capacity awaiting commissioning: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
REN21
Authority tier
T3 Research
Locator
2018 SADC Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

By mid-2018, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region had 21,760 MW of installed renewable energy capacity with another 17,361 MW of renewables capacity reaching financial closure and awaiting commissioning.

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APA

REN21. (2018). Renewables Regional Status Reports. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.ren21.net/reports/regional-status-reports/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_DSEWJDTEYW7T89ACDBATTM1E1J

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MLA
REN21. "Renewables Regional Status Reports." 2018, https://www.ren21.net/reports/regional-status-reports/. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_DSEWJDTEYW7T89ACDBATTM1E1J.
Chicago
REN21. "Renewables Regional Status Reports." 2018. https://www.ren21.net/reports/regional-status-reports/. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_DSEWJDTEYW7T89ACDBATTM1E1J.
BibTeX
@misc{ren212018renewabletm1e1j, author = {{REN21}}, title = {Renewables Regional Status Reports}, year = {2018}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_DSEWJDTEYW7T89ACDBATTM1E1J}, note = {Original source: https://www.ren21.net/reports/regional-status-reports/. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-DSEWJDTEYW-7T89ACDBAT-TM1E1J T3 Research

Primary source

Publisher
REN21 · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 3 · Research and companies
Report
Renewables Regional Status Reports
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
2018 SADC Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report
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
17 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_DSEWJDTEYW7T89ACDBATTM1E1J