Conventional hydropower capacity commissioned
RecordSTO-VFNGRCF67A-G2QETETYA2-W30BD0
Africa · 2025
Conventional hydropower capacity commissioned in Africa was more than 4 GW in 2025 (IHA).
Conventional hydropower capacity commissioned: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IHA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Africa delivers strong conventional hydropower growth
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Africa remained one of the strongest regions globally for new conventional hydropower additions for a second consecutive year, commissioning more than 4 GW in 2025.
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APA
International Hydropower Association. (2025). World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VFNGRCF67AG2QETETYA2W30BD0
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2025, https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VFNGRCF67AG2QETETYA2W30BD0.
- Chicago
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2025. https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VFNGRCF67AG2QETETYA2W30BD0.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iha2025conventionalw30bd0, author = {{International Hydropower Association}}, title = {World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VFNGRCF67AG2QETETYA2W30BD0}, note = {Original source: https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. 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 launches The year of the ‘water battery’
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Africa delivers strong conventional hydropower growth
- 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_VFNGRCF67AG2QETETYA2W30BD0