The Status Of Wind In Africa Report 2023 - Global Wind Energy Council

The Status Of Wind In Africa

“The Status Of Wind In Africa” report is the first edition of its kind to take stock of Africa’s wind power footprint and the pipeline ahead across the Continent.

OVERVIEW

By Africa, for Africa – Working with industry and governments, we can create an environment that fosters innovation, investment and the development of a robust wind energy market across the Continent. This approach is essential, to provide policymakers with information to build on to meet the growing global demand for clean energy and make a significant positive impact on both the energy transition and environmental goals.

KEY POINTS

This first edition report takes stock of Africa’s wind power footprint across the Continent, with a current total of 83 installed wind farms identified in the study, adding up to 9GW

The report identifies 140 projects planned across Africa representing a pipeline of 86GW of new installed capacity. Africa’s current installed and planned wind energy capacity is still only tapping into 0.2% of the Continent’s total technical potential capacity of 33642 GW

Wind is already contributing significantly to national grids as a mainstream technology, contributing 17% of Kenya’s total generation and 15% of Senegal’s

Case studies in the report demonstrate socioeconomic and technical benefits of wind energy, from job creation, to grid stabilisation and complementarity with incumbent technologies like hydropower and new ones such as solar. Wind energy is poised to ramp up its growth in Africa through additional drivers such as cross-border trading via regional power pools, production of green hydrogen and its derivatives, e-mobility and repowering

An acceleration of wind deployment is crucial for achieving Africa’s: energy access and electrification goals, green growth and industrialisation ambitions, and 300GW by 2030 target as stated in the Nairobi Declaration