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|GWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023LISTOFFIGURESFigure1:Mappingoftheidenti?edwindfarmsinAfricaSource:GWECMarketIntelligence2023Figure2:ParcEolienTaiba

N’diaye121213131415Figure3:AnnualinstalledwindcapacityinAfrica.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Figure4:Installedwindcapacitybycountryasof2023.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Figure5:DetailedInstalledwindcapacitybyregion.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Figure6:RegionalcomparisonofInstalledwindcapacityinAfrica.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Figure7:InstalledwindcapacitybyWindturbineOEM.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Figure8:MapofwindpotentialinAfricafromtheGlobalWindAtlasshowingwindspeedsat100m.Source:GWECmarketintelligence20231516Figure9:Technical

PotentialforWindinAfricabyregion.Source:IFC1717181819202728282930Figure10:PotentialofvariousAfricanRegionsFigure11:Potentialtechnicalcapacitybycountryadjustedtocapacityfactor(FirmCapacity).Source:IFCFigure12:Top

10Countriesbyannouncedwindcapacity(atvariousstagesbeforeconstruction)Figure13:Mapshowingthespreadoftheidenti?edplannedprojectsFigure14:LocationofthesixsampledwindfarmsFigure15:SummaryofachievementsofthewindsectorinAfricaFigure16:Easeoflocalisingmanufactureofwindenergyconvertercomponents.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Figure17:MapofAfricahighlightingapossiblecommonmarketforwindcommodities.Figure18:WindCapacitiesawardedintheREIPPPProunds.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Figure19:CrossBoundaryEnergy’s

QMMhybridisedproject.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Figure20:TheMwengawindfarm,supportingMwengaHydro.Source:RiftValley

Energy.

Source:GWECmarketintelligence

312023Figure21:Egypt’s

generatedelectricity(TWH)bysource.Source:EmberClimateFigure22:SouthAfrica’s

generatedelectricity(TWH)bysource.Source:EmberClimateFigure23:EhoalaWindfarm(projectalsoincludessolarandbatterystorage)323232333434353537Figure24:

KoudaalBaidaandLaPerrierewindfarms.Source:MASENandTotal

energiesFigure25:Greenhydrogensteelandammoniaproductionprocessdiagram.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Figure26:AnnouncedwindfarmstiedtogreenhydrogenproductioninEgyptandNamibia.Figure27:AK6electricbusinNairobi.Source:BasiGo()Figure28:TheZemboelectricmotorbike.Source:Zembowebsite-www.zem.boFigure29:ThePowerPoolsofAfrica.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023LISTOFTABLESTable

1:Top

10announcedwindprojectsbysize19GWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023|3TheStatusofWindinAfricaReportissupportedbyGET.investGET.invest

is

a

European

programme

that

mobilises

investment

in

clean

energy

projects.

Services

are

primarily

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at

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com-panies,

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developers

and

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Africa,

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Caribbean

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Paci?c.

Theycomprise

tailored

access-to-?nance

advisory

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the

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Since

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EuropeOneStopShoptohelpdevelopersnavigateandaccessEuropeansupportand?nancinginstruments.TheprogrammeissupportedbytheEuropeanUnion,Germany,Sweden,theNetherlandsandAustria.Findoutmoreatwww.get-invest.eu.Disclaimer?

2023

GWEC.

The

information

in

this

report

is

taken

from

sources

considered

reliable,

but

its

accuracy

and

completeness

are

not

war-ranted,

nor

are

the

opinions,

analyses,

and

forecasts

on

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|GWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023EXECUTIVESUMMARYThe

Global

Wind

Energy

Council

(GWEC)

has

produced

“The

Status

of

Wind

in

Africa”

report

to

take

stock

of

wind

energy’sfootprint,

the

role

wind

currently

plays

and

its

bright

future

prospects

across

the

Continent.

The

report

maps

out

the

Africa’scurrent

installed

wind

power

plants

of

capacity

greater

than

1MW,

provides

readers

a

better

understanding

of

the

currentstateofprojectactivityinAfrica’s

windspaceandpointstothefuturebyhighlightingthepipelineofannouncedprojectsandvariousdriversofnewwindcapacityinstallations.Africa’s

InstalledWindPowerCapacityAt

the

end

of

2020

IRENA

estimated

that

6.5GW

of

wind1was

installedin

Africa

with

themain

markets

being

SouthAfrica,

Morocco

and

Egypt,

and

secondary

markets

beingKenya,

Ethiopia,

and

Tunisia.

The

identi?ed

installed

ca-pacity

in

this

study

is

9

GW

considering

plants

that

areinstalled

and

under

construction

and

scheduled

to

be

com-missioned

in

2023.

Apart

from

additional

installations

inthe

mentioned

markets,

new

builds

have

occurred

in

Sene-gal,Reunion,Nigeria,Tanzania

andDjibouti.TherehasbeenasteadyincreaseintheinstalledcapacityofwindinAfricasincetheyear2000.Thisgrowthhasseenannualinstallationsof

800MW

and

above

during

2018,

2020,

2021

and

2022.

The

year

with

the

highest

installation

being

2014

where

1132

MW

wasinstalled.Source:GWECmarketintelligence20231IRENA

and

AfDB

(2022),

Renewable

Energy

Market

Analysis:

Africa

and

Its

Regions,

International

Renewable

EnergyAgencyandAfricanDevelopmentBank,AbuDhabi,andAbidjan.GWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023|5Considering

the

?ve

sub-regions

of

Africa,

North

Africa

leads

in

terms

of

total

installed

capacity

due

to

the

in?uence

andearly

onset

of

renewable

energy

programs

in

Egypt

and

Morocco

which

saw

initial

utility-scale

wind

project

commissioning

in1988and2000,respectively.SouthernAfrica,dominatedbywindfarmsinSouthAfricalargelyinstalledthroughtheREIPPPscheme,

has

the

second

highest

installed

wind

capacity.

Eastern

Africa

comes

in

third

with

several

operational

wind

farms

inEthiopiaandKenya.Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023Overall,

140

projects

planned

across

Africa

representing

86GW

of

planned

new

wind

capacity

were

identi?ed

and

mapped.

Theseincluded

projects

in

several

countries

new

to

wind

such

as

Angola,

Chad,

Mali,

Ghana,

Sudan,

Niger,Madagascar,Uganda,

Zambia,

andMalawi.

For

example,

700MW

of

planned

wind

capacity

was

identi?ed

in

Angola

across

13

projects,

illustrating

the

untapped

technicalpotential

found

even

in

Central

Africa.

More

capacity

additions

are

planned

for

the

established

wind

markets

in

Southern,

Eastern

andNorthernAfrica.Egypt

looks

set

to

dominate

the

wind

sector

in

Africa

over

the

coming

decade

considering

its

signi?cant

technical

potential,

existinginstalled

capacity,established

local

manufacturing

industry

(e.g.

steel

towers,

electrical

switchgear,and

cabling)

and

numerous

recentlyannounced

projects.

The

Government

of

Egypt

notably

announced

at

COP27

in

Sharm

El

Sheikh

the

signing

of

agreements

for

one

of

theworld’slargest

wind

farms,

a

USD

10

billion,

10GW

wind

farm

in

the

Gulf

of

Suez

region.

A

land

agreement

for

this

project

was

signed

byHassan

Allam

Utilities,

In?nity

Power

and

Masdar

in

early

June

2023.

The

Egyptian

Government

also

previously

agreed

with

Saudi

Arabia’sACWA

Power,

along

with

Hassan

Allam,

to

execute

a

1.1GW

wind

farm

at

Gabal

el

Zait

on

the

Gulf

of

Suez

scheduled

to

be

commissionedby

2026.

Scatec

ASA

is

planning

two

1.5GW

wind

farms

and

a

consortium

of

Orascom

Construction,

Toyota

Tshusho

and

Eurus

Energyis

planning

3GW

wind

farm.

Some

notable

projects

have

been

announced

in

the

continent

mainly

in

the

countries

with

highest

technicalpotentialforonshorewindpower.6

|GWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023Source:GWECmarketintelligence2023CaseStudiesA

total

of

83

installed

wind

farms

were

identi?ed

in

the

study

from

four

sub-regions

of

Africa.

This

section

of

the

report

examines

six

uniquewind

projects

for

being

the

?rst

of

their

kind

in

their

country,

uniqueness

in

the

value

to

their

grid,

signi?cant

capacity

size

and/or

for

in-volvementoflocal?nancingandcommunityparticipation.Thesixprojectshighlightedinthisreportare:??????TheHope?eldWindFarminWesternCapeProvince,SouthAfrica.COD2014.TheMwengaWindFarminIringaRegion,Tanzania.

COD2020.LeParcEolienTaiba

N’diaye,RégiondeThiès,Senegal.COD2020.TheWest

BakrWindFarm,RedSeaGovernorate,EgyptCOD2021.LeParcEolienNassimKoudiaAlBaida,RégiondeTanger-Tétouan-AlHoce?ma,Morocco.COD2000.TheLakeTurkana

WindFarm,MarsabitCounty,

Kenya.COD2018.GWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023|7Bene?tsofwinddevelopmentThe

development

of

the

wind

energy

sector

in

Africa

presents

opportunities

to

impart

socioeconomic

bene?ts

to

households,

communities,and

countries.

These

bene?ts

include

employment

opportunities,

leading

up

to

and

during

the

roughly

25-year

lifetime

of

a

utility-scale

windasset,cleanpowerforhouseholdsandindustrialconsumers,direct(foreignandlocal)investments,includinginsupplychainfacilities.Thediagrambelowsummarisestheachievementssofarwiththeapproximately9GWofidenti?edprojects.The

deployment

of

wind

energy

in

Africa

has

created

12,400

di-3rect

jobs

during

and

after

construction

across

3000

MW

of

projectsidenti?ed

in

this

study.

These

have

been

in

Kenya,

Tanzania,

SouthAfrica,

Senegal,

Egypt,

and

Morocco.

To

provide

some

context,

the310MW

Lake

Turkana

project

in

Kenya,

Africa’s

largest

wind

farmto

date,

employed

2,500

during

construction

and

employs

329

foroperations.

Employing

600

during

construction

and

32

during

op-eration;

the

Taiba

N’diaye

wind

farm

in

Senegal

employing

600during

construction

and

24

during

operation;

and

the

Mwenga

windfarm

in

Tanzania

employing

50

during

construction

and

6

duringoperation.

The

total

direct

job

creation

from

wind

energy

in

Africais

several

times

higher

given

these

projects

are

just

a

fraction

of

thetotalidenti?edwindcapacityof9,000MW,

asof2023.Inadditiontolocaljobcreation,windenergyalsogeneratesanumberofaddi-tionalbene?tsforcountriesinAfrica.Today’s

driversan

installed

capacity

of

42%

renewable

energy

in

its

power

mix

by2030

according

to

its

nationally

determined

contributions

(NDCs)under

the

COP

process.

South

Africa,

with

a

generation

mix

that

isheavily

reliant

on

coal,

has

also

been

pursuing

renewable

energynow

having

concluded

its

6th

round

of

renewable

energy

auctions.AdditionalCapacityandEnergyWind

has

contributed

to

the

growth

of

installed

capacity

and

avail-able

energy

to

African

grids

that

have

capacity

and

energy

con-straints.

The

Lake

Turkana

wind

farm

contributes

17%

of

Kenya’sinstalled

capacity

while

the

Taiba

N’diaye

wind

farm

increasedSenegal’s

installed

capacity

by

15%.

Wind

farms

provide

neededcapacity

and

energy

to

increase

the

level

of

electricity

supply

in

thecountries

looking

to

expand

supply

and

access

to

electricity,

,

with

theaddedbene?tofsupplyingrenewablepower.As

of

2022

the

country’s

installed

capacity

of

54GW

comprised53.4GW

wind,

2.3GW

solar

P

V,

0.5GW

concentrated

solar

power,0.6GWhydro,39.8GWcoaland3.4GWdiesel.GridstabilisationWind

has

been

deployed

together

with

other

technologies

to

stabi-lise

grids

by

complementing

other

generation

sources.

Wind

andsolar

show

complementarity,

with

the

daytime

dips

in

wind

beingcomplimented

by

peaks

in

solar,

and

loss

of

solar

in

the

night

oftenmatched

with

strong

wind

supply.

As

such,

wind

has

been

particu-larly

effective

in

?rming

up

solar

supply.Hybridisation

has

also

beenundertaken

by

combination

with

hydro

as

in

the

2.4MW

Mwengawind

Farm

in

Tanzania.

The

wind

farm

is

installed

in

an

isolated

gridrunning

primarily

on

a

mini-hydro

plant

of

4

MW.The

farm

supportssupply

during

periods

of

low

hydrology,

as

is

the

case

on

a

largescale

with

wind

and

hydropower

complementarity

in

Latin

AmericancountrieslikeBrazil,UruguayandCostaRica.Diversi?cationofSupplyThe

generation

mix

in

most

African

countries

is

dominated

by

hy-dropower

plants,

which

can

leave

countries

vulnerable

to

periods

ofdrought

and

to

aging

hydropower

infrastructure.

Some

large

econ-omies

that

are

reliant

on

thermal

plants

(coal

and

natural

gas)

forthe

bulk

of

their

generation

are

opting

to

increase

renewable

energycapacity

to

mitigate

the

economic

risks

of

depending

on

imports

offossil

fuels,

particularly

given

the

recent

price

volatility

of

internation-al

gas

markets.

Greater

diversi?cation

of

supply

and

lower

depen-dency

on

imported

fossil

fuels

increases

the

security

and

resilience

ofacountry’senergymix.CaptiveSupplytoIndustryIncreasingly,

industries

are

choosing

to

install

their

own

wind

farmsEgypt,

whose

grid

has

historically

been

reliant

on

natural

gas,

is

to

supply

their

power

needs

directly.This

is

motivated

by

cost,

and

acurrentlyinstallinglargescalewindandsolarandtargetstoreach

needtoreducethecarbonfootprintoftheirupplychain.3This

data

is

speci?c

to

the

projects

whose

employment

numbers

were

identi?ed

in

this

baseline

study.

The

total

number

for

Africa

is

higher

considering

the

totalinstalledwindcapacityis8,985MW.8

|GWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023This

trend

has

been

the

case

in

Morocco’s

cement

and

fertiliser

in-dustries

(e.g.,

OCP,

LafargeHolcim,

Italcementi,

Cimat,

Asment

deTemara,

etc.),

Rio

Tinto

minerals

in

Madagascar,

and

in

South

Afri-ca,

where

Seriti

Green

is

developing

a

500MW

wind

farm

to

powercoalmining,withmanyotherexamplesin

othermarkets.Thistrendof

wind

farms

being

installed

at

a

captive

site

of

a

commercial

or

in-dustrial

entity

will

continue

as

companies

look

to

secure

clean

energysupply,

reduce

costs

and

ecarbonise

their

footprints.

Beyond

thesesocioeconomicandsystembene?ts,therearealsostrongdriversforthecontinuedexpansionofwindenergyacrossthecontinent:GreenHydrogenGreen

hydrogen

has

been

identi?ed

as

having

the

potential

to

decar-bonise

hard-to-abate

sectors

of

the

economy

that

rely

on

hydrogen.Theseincludeammoniaproduction,methanolproductionandDirectReductionofIron(DRI)inthesteelindustry.Green

hydrogen

could

substitute

fossil

fuel-based

feedstocks

in

en-ergy

end-use

sectors

where

electri?cation

of

industrial

process

is

notpossible

or

uneconomical.

These

include

processes

which

requireintense

heat,

or

transport

segments

such

as

long-distance

shippingandaviation,whereenergyneedstobestored,transportedandde-ployed

ef?ciently.

There

is

a

huge

demand

by

companies

to

securesupplies

of

green

hydrogen

by

signing

strategic

partnerships.

TheInternational

Energy

Agency

(IEA)

estimated

that

by

2030,

globally,9-14

Mt

of

hydrogen

would

be

produced

via

electrolysis

with

acorrespondingelectrolysercapacityof134to240GW.Tomorrow’s

DriversRepoweringofWindFarmsAstheinstalledwindfarmsinAfricaapproachtheendoftheircom-mercial

and

technical

lives,

and

wind

turbine

technology

continuesto

improve,

there

will

be

a

need

to

repower

sites

with

strong

windtechnical

resource.

From

the

commissioning

dates

of

the

identi?edprojects

there

will

be

a

peak

of

repowering

activity

in

Africa

be-tween

2034

and

2038,

as

many

power

plants

reach

the

end

ofcontractual

life.

The

majority

of

the

turbines

installed

in

Africa

before2019

were

sub-2MW

turbines.

Today

single

onshore

turbines

of

6MWareavailable.To

achieve

a

truly

green

hydrogen

sector

which

is

in

line

with

de-carbonisation

and

energy

security

goals,

a

ramp

up

of

renewableenergy

installed

capacity

will

be

required.

Wind

is

well

placed

totakealeadingroleowingtotherelativeabundanceofunderutilisedhigh-quality

sites

such

as

in

Egypt

and

Kenya,

that

offer

higher

ca-pacity

factors

compared

to

solar.Wind

provides

a

good

opportunityto

achieve

?rmer

capacity

as

will

be

required

for

green

hydrogenproduction.Repowering

offers

an

ef?cient

pathway

for

countries

to

maximiseproductivity

and

socioeconomic

bene?ts

from

sites

already

designat-ed

for

wind

power

production.

Replacing

older

models

with

newerturbines

that

have

larger

power

ratings,

greater

resilience

to

environ-mental

elements

and

material

upgrades

can

unlock

a

higher

energyyield,

increase

resilience

to

environmental

elements,

lower

downtimeperiods

and

operational

expenditures,

and

improve

cost

reductionfor

offtakers,

consumers

and

asset

owners

and

operators.

This

mayalso

be

achieved

on

a

fast-track

basis,

given

the

sites

have

alreadybeenpermittedforwindfarmuse.E-mobilityThe

e-mobility

market

in

Africa

is

diverse,

with

wide-ranging

levels

ofadvancement

related

to

the

overall

development

of

a

speci?c

econ-omy.

For

mass

transportation,

electric

trains

and

buses

are

beingadopted

in

Africa

to

wean

countries

from

fossil

fuel

imports

and

re-duce

emissions

from

the

transportation

system.

Electric

buses

are

alsobeing

adopted

across

the

continent,

especially

in

countries

reliant

onimportoffossilfuels.Atanotherlevelarethetwo-wheelerandthreewheelers

that

are

predominant

in

much

of

Africa

and

serveas

mainformsoftransportationinruralareasofAfrica.Theelectri?cationofthese

is

already

underway

in

Ethiopia,

Togo,

Kenya,

Rwanda,

Ugan-This

is

already

the

case

for

the

Kouda

Al

Baida

wind

farm

in

Moroc-co

which

is

to

undergo

repowering

from

a

54MW

wind

farm

to

a120MW

wind

farm

and

later

to

a

200MW

wind

farm.

The

La

Per-rièrewindfarm

inReunionwasalsorepoweredfroma37-turbine

da,Burundi,Madagascar,SierraLeone,andTanzania.wind

farm

of

10MW

to

a

9-turbine

wind

farm

of

18MW

in

2022byTotalEnergies.Thisnewdemandfrome-mobilityandtheneedtoensurelow-car-bon

transportation

is

enhanced

will

send

a

demand

signal

for

morewind

power

to

be

developed

in

the

continent.

Wind

resource

match-es

well

with

the

nighttime

charging

of

e-vehicles

due

to

the

higherresource

availability

at

night

often

at

times

of

low

demand

on

thegrid.

This

alignment

puts

wind

at

a

better

position

among

renewablestosupply4ComitéMaghrébindel’ElectricitéGWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023|9charging

power

for

the

transport

sector.

The

development

of

regionalpower

trading

markets,

with

appropriate

structures

and

rules,

acrossthesepowerpoolswillincreasetheattractivenessofdomesticsupplyof

wind

and

other

renewable

energy,

as

offtakers

will

increasinglyseekzero-carbonformsofenergy.Countrieswithasurplusofrenewablegenerationattimeswherethewind

and

sun

are

strong,

or

even

having

employed

short-duration

orlong-durationenergystoragetechnologytocapturerenewableelec-tricity,

can

generate

economic

gains

by

selling

excess

power

acrossborders.

This

would

also

reduce

the

risk

of

curtailmentof

renewablepower

and

improve

the

overall

business

case

for

investment

in

re-newablesinthecountry.RegionalPowerMarketsThe

integration

of

markets

at

a

regional

level

will

allow

for

devel-opment

of

wind

plants

in

high

potential

countries

for

trade

withhigh

demand

countries

allowing

better

integrated

use

of

resourcesavailable

in

the

region.

The

African

market

has

?ve

active

powerpools

COMELEC

,

WAPP,

CAPP,

EAPP,

and

SAPP

with

some

more6active

than

others.

There

are

also

overlaps

with

some

countries

beingmembersofmorethanonepool.6ComitéMaghrébindel’Electricité10

|GWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023Chapter1INTRODUCTIONTheGlobalWindEnergyCouncil(GWEC)initsefforts

topromotetheadoptionofmorewindenergyintheAfricancontinent,undertook

todevelop

this

report

on

”The

Status

of

Wind

in

Africa”.

The

report

maps

out

the

continent’s

current

installed

wind

power

plants

of

capacitygreater

than

1MW.

Wind

power

plants

have

been

installed

in

new

markets

in

the

continent

such

as

Senegal

and

Djibouti

away

from

thetraditionalleadingcountry

marketsofEgypt,Morocco,andSouthAfrica.Thesetraditionallargewindmarketshavealsoseenanuptakeofhighercapacitywindfarmsandlargerinstalledturbines.ThereportdocumentsthepotentialtechnicalcapacityforwindasreportedbytheInternationalRenewableEnergyAgency(IRENA)andtheWorld

Bank

Group’s

International

Finance

Corporation

(IFC).

The

regional

distribution

of

wind

energy’s

technical

potential

is

analysed

torevealtheregionaltrendsinpotential.Projectsthathavebeenannouncedarethenidenti?edandmapped.A

total

of

223

wind

projects

that

have

been

installed

or

are

planned

were

catalogued

bringing

the

total

considered

capacity

to

67GW

ofprojects.Theinstalledandoperationalprojectsidenti?edrepresent9GWintotalcapacity.The

bene?ts

and

drivers

of

installation

of

wind

are

also

looked

at

and

analysed

in

order

to

better

inform

the

reader

of

the

likely

trends

toexpectinthecomingyearswithrespecttogrowthinwindenergyinstallationsinAfrica.The

report

aims

to

give

an

understanding

of

the

current

state

of

project

activity

in

Africa’sutility-scale

wind

energy

market

and

point

to

whatthe

future

looks

like

given

the

announced

pipeline

of

projects

and

various

drivers

of

new

wind

capacity.The

continent

is

set

to

see

continuedgrowth

in

both

population

and

economic

activity.

Wind

energy

is

in

a

strong

position

to

help

power

the

future

growth

of

the

African

conti-nent.GWECStatusofWindinAfricaReport2023|

11Chapter2WINDFARMS

INAFRICAThe

wind

industry

in

Africa

started

off

in

Egypt

in

the

late

1980s

andearly

1990s

with

an

initial

series

of

small

utility-scale

wind

farmsgenerally

?nanced

by

soft

loans

from

European

donor

countries.There

were

also

a

number

of

single

turbine

demonstration

plantsmeant

to

be

“proof

of

concept”

for

larger

wind

farms

that

started

inthe

late

1990s

and

early

2000s.

These

were

implemented

in

CapeVerde,

South

Africa,

Kenya

(KenGen’s

Ngong

Hills),

and

Moroccoamongst

others.

Larger

utility-scale

plants

then

started

to

come

on-line

beginning

around

2000-2001.

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