Global Wind Energy Council says 894MW added last year down from 962MW in 2019Africa and the Middle East installed 894MW of new wind energy capacity last year, a 7% decrease on the 962MW added in 2018, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). However, faster growth is on the horizon with GWEC Market Intelligence’s preliminary forecasts expecting 10.7GW of newcapacity to be installed between 2020-2024, an increase of 167% on current market status. Over the next five years, South Africa will be leading the growth trend in the region with an additional 3.3GW of wind energy capacity installed by 2024. Elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, the significant potential for wind energy remains clear, with the SADC region alone accounting for 18GW of wind energy potential in emerging markets such as Zambia, Tanzania, Namibia, and Mozambique, GWEC said. In North Africa and the Middle East, GWEC said over the next five years there will be a surge of growth in markets such as Egypt (1.8GW), Morocco (1.2GW) and Saudi Arabia (1.2GW).

Source: The North Africa Journal February 12, 2020 16:30 UTC