Installed wind power capacity
RecordSTO-YJCAGGA7BC-RHC77F3HYW-Y6XP01
Africa · as of 5 Jun 2026
Installed wind power capacity in Africa was 10 billion watts as of 5 June 2026 (GWEC).
Installed wind power capacity: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- GWEC
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Quote – Juliana Kainga, Director, Africa WindPower
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
"Africa has so far installed 10 GW of wind projects showcasing considerable growth over the last 5 years of realized wind energy on the continent."
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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_YJCAGGA7BCRHC77F3HYWY6XP01
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- 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_YJCAGGA7BCRHC77F3HYWY6XP01.
- 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_YJCAGGA7BCRHC77F3HYWY6XP01.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gwec2026installedy6xp01, 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_YJCAGGA7BCRHC77F3HYWY6XP01}, 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 and industry 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
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_YJCAGGA7BCRHC77F3HYWY6XP01