Table 3 Total number of power plants of the searched databases for each resource type.

From: RePP Africa – a georeferenced and curated database on existing and proposed wind, solar, and hydropower plants

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  1. Number of rejected power plants are indicated per country and database for each resource type (hydropower, solar power, wind power). The total number of rejected power plants is indicated. ‘ -’ indicates that the database has no data entry for the respective country. Grey coloured cells indicate that RePP Africa does not list any power plants for the respective resource. The approximate number of included power plants was calculated as the difference between total number of power plants and total number of rejected power plants per database and renewable resource. The absolute number of plants in RePP Africa can differ from the calculated value due to differences (e. g. duplications or different counting of plant phases) between RePP Africa and searched databases. Database abbreviations: AKP – Africa knowledge platform39; AHA – African Hydropower Atlas26; FHReD – Future Hydropower Reservoir and Dams Database25; GRanD – Global Reservoir and Dams database (main purpose: hydroelectricity)24; GPPD –Global Power Plant Database23; ECOWREX - ECOWAS Observatory for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency36; OIM - Open Infrastructure Map22. In this figure, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara) is geographically aggregated with Morocco. No statements on the political situation are intended.
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