Global Wind Energy Council And Energynet Enter Into Partnership Of Wind Energy Growth Across Africa.

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), and EnergyNet, the organisers of the Africa Energy Forum, have entered into a partnership that offers Africa’s wind energy industry, a crucial platform to advocate for the Wind technology as part of Africa’s present and future energy mix.

As such, GWEC’s Africa WindPower initiative, supported by EnergyNet, has been made the official ‘Lead Wind Energy Partner’ for the event. The partnership highlights a recognition of the role that Wind energy is set to play in spurring Africa’s sustainable economic growth, from investment to job creation and local supply chain opportunities.

Despite Africa’s tremendous proven wind resource, only 1% of the globe’s wind farms are found in Africa. However, many countries across the continent are poised for an upsurge of wind energy installation in the coming years.

From the more established markets such as Egypt, Morocco, Kenya and South Africa, to the nascent Wind markets of Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Mauritania, Nigeria and Ghana, there are more potentials that the Wind energy market is getting ready for an expanded technology market across the continent and beyond.

Wangari Muchiri, GWEC’s Africa WindPower Director, commented that “Wind energy has so much to offer Africa as a driver of sustainable economic growth. As an African Wind industry, we have already shown that we can provide people with clean and reliable electricity, make business, industry and entire economies more competitive, all the while decarbonising energy systems. It is just not well enough understood yet. We look forward to engaging with public and private sector stakeholders at the Africa Energy Forum in Nairobi, to discuss the opportunities that Wind energy can bring.”

The Africa Energy Forum brings all segments of the Continent’s energy sector under one roof, including the key drivers and partners for Wind energy. This covers complementary forms of clean energy such as solar and hydropower, enabling technologies such as battery storage and green hydrogen, private industrial offtakers and an oil and gas industry, increasingly ready to invest in Wind.