Renewable power generation capacity (snapshot)

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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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_Y86MYW1ENWV5TX5VMA1QQ32XGC

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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_Y86MYW1ENWV5TX5VMA1QQ32XGC.

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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_Y86MYW1ENWV5TX5VMA1QQ32XGC.

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@misc{ren212018renewableq32xgc, author = {{REN21}}, title = {Renewables Regional Status Reports}, year = {2018}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_Y86MYW1ENWV5TX5VMA1QQ32XGC}, note = {Original source: https://www.ren21.net/reports/regional-status-reports/. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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