Planned wind power capacity
STO-REC-STATQGNXB6T2 National
200 billionwatts
Africa · as of 5 Jun 2026
Planned wind power capacity in the Africa reached 200 billion watts as of 5 June 2026 (GWEC).
- 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