Electricity production from bioenergy in Africa 2000-2021
Bioenergy capacity in Africa stood at 1.7 gigawatts as of 2020.
Electricity generation from bioenergy in Africa amounted to 4.83 terawatt hours in 2021. This represented a slight increase from the 4.68 terawatt hours registered in the previous year. Since 2000, the contribution of bioenergy to the production of electricity on the continent rose overall, peaking in 2015 at 6.39 terawatt hours.