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Table (3): Total Non-Hydroelectric Renewables Electricity Net Generation
in African Countries in 2012 (Billion Kilowatt-hours)

Country Total Non-Hydroelectric
Renewables

Kenya 1.931

Egypt 1.497

Morocco 0.728

Sudan and South Sudan 0.51

Mauritius 0.505

South Africa 0.446

Tunisia 0.201

Uganda 0.1

Ivory Coast 0.066

Cameroon 0.064

Zimbabwe 0.063

Senegal 0.049

Ethiopia 0.045

Tanzania 0.032

Gabon 0.009

Cape Verde 0.007

Togo 0.005

Eritrea 0.002

Benin 0.001

Source: United States Energy Information Administration, Region Statistics, at: https://www.eia.gov/
cfapps/ipdbproject/iedindex3.cfm?tid=6&pid=alltypes&aid=12&cid=r6,&syid=1998&eyid=2012&u
nit=BKWH, Visited on: 19/2/2016.

It is also worth mentioning that private sector participation
in renewable energy projects in SSA takes mainly the form of
Independent Power Producers (IPPs)(11). Two famous examples for
these projects are Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer

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