Onshore Wind Potential Area in Africa (Windspeed at 100m in m/s)
Project: Africa: Energy Development Plan to Decarbonise the Continent
Prepared for Power Shift Africa, prepared by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, The University of Technology Sydney.
Scenario: Available land—excluding protected areas (PA), extreme topography (slope > 30%, S30), wind speed (< 5m/s), and certain land-cover classes (closed forests, wetlands, moss and lichen, urban/built up areas, snow and ice, and water (permanent water bodies)) (LU).
Cities in Africa
Source: ESRI
Transmission Lines (kV)
Source: World Bank, "Africa - Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grid Map"
Africa - project scope
Countries
Source: Large Scale International Boundaries (U.S. Department of State)
Scenario 1: Onshore Wind Potential Area - Africa
Onshore Wind Potential Area (total): 14,355,512 km 2
Wind Energy Potential (total): 71,778 GW
Windspeed at 100m (m/s)
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