Planned wind power capacity

STO-REC-STATQGNXB6T2 National
200 billionwatts
estimate

Africa · as of 5 Jun 2026

Planned wind power capacity in the Africa reached 200 billion watts as of 5 June 2026 (GWEC).

Original source
Publisher
GWEC
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
Quote – Juliana Kainga, Director, Africa WindPower
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

"Alongside this, Africa has almost 200 GW of planned wind projects facing structural gaps in policy, grid infrastructure, alternative routes to market and innovative financing mechanisms to move these projects into construction and operation phases."

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APA
Global Wind Energy Council. (2026). 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_QGNXB6K2P12F8716T3QQPCZX4R
MLA
Global Wind Energy Council. "Juliana Kainga appointed GWEC Africa WindPower (AWP) Director." 2026, https://www.gwec.net/news/juliana-kainga-appointed-gwec-africa-windpower-awp-director. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QGNXB6K2P12F8716T3QQPCZX4R.
Chicago
Global Wind Energy Council. "Juliana Kainga appointed GWEC Africa WindPower (AWP) Director." 2026. 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_QGNXB6K2P12F8716T3QQPCZX4R.
BibTeX
@misc{gwec2026plannedpczx4r, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Juliana Kainga appointed GWEC Africa WindPower (AWP) Director}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QGNXB6K2P12F8716T3QQPCZX4R}, 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
Quote – Juliana Kainga, Director, Africa WindPower
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_QGNXB6K2P12F8716T3QQPCZX4R