African Energy Live Data is an innovative online database featuring continually updated and verified data on more than 6,500 power plants and projects and the organisations behind them.
All entries correspond to a power plant on the ground that African Energy’s Live Data team has investigated, verified and subjected to a rigorous fact checking process.
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Access to detailed entries for power generation plants and projects for a specific country
Access to the latest aggregated power sector statistics for a specific country, which can be analysed, compared with economic and demographic trends and downloaded.
Choose between 6 or 12 months’ access.
Unrestricted access to detailed entries for power generation plants and projects for one particular region
Access to profiles and portfolios of the organisations and entities developing, building, financing and investing in, power projects across your selected region
Access to the latest aggregated power sector statistics for the countries within your selected region, which can be analysed, compared with economic and demographic trends and downloaded.
Choose between 6 or 12 months’ access
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Detailed project data with concise background and project history, installed capacity, project pipeline, ownership, connection type, procurement method, financing, GIS location, fuel, technology, critical milestones (including commercial operations date, financial close), capex and contractual data
Organisations data, providing access to profiles and portfolios of the organisations and entities developing, building, financing and investing in, power projects across Africa – developers, utilities, ministries, regulators, commissions, funds, banks, DFIs, contractors and service providers
Access to the latest power statistics through the Data Tool – country level power data, aggregated from the projects and plants in the database, can be analysed, compared with economic and demographic trends and downloaded: View five-year fuel and technology pipelines; Analyse trends from 2010 to five years into the future; Compare countries to optimise investment strategies
For a complete list of fields please see the Data Catalogue
Gathering key information about the history, progress and financing of later stage or operating plants can help users assess possible participation and understand the likely trajectory of similar projects in the pipeline.
African Energy Live Data’s Data tool is designed for this purpose, creating custom reports which are ready to print and take away.
The Data Tool allows subscribers to aggregate and breakdown the project data from the platform and compare trends at a country and regional level from 2010 to 2025.
Alongside live figures from the database, the data tool allows comparisons with economic and demographic trends, as well as other electricity sector vital statistics such as access to power. This means subscribers can place their projects into a strategic context and quickly assess fundamental prospects for business in every market on the continent.
Statistics in the Data Tool are generated from the ground up, so all figures correspond to a power plant on the ground that the Live Data team has investigated.
Investors, lenders and fund managers can identify, evaluate and compare planned projects at any stage of development by searching for key dates or following the progress of main procurement programmes in relevant countries.
Use the detailed project pages to assess developers and potential project partners by following ownership structure of projects from SPVs through to ultimate beneficial owners.
Look through potential lenders and equity partners and review their track records in supporting power projects in Africa.
Contractors and equipment, technology and service suppliers can use the detailed search functionality to identify projects matching their market profile.
The results can be used to build informed country-by-country market development plans: Identify lists of target projects and obtain an understanding of potential requirements from the detailed project pages.
Data
Continually updated entries for more than 6,500 power generation plants and projects
Identify, evaluate and compare planned projects at any stage of development
Identify owners, offtakers, financiers and their portfolio of projects and find opportunities for investment and sales
Find projects matching your market profile and build informed country-by-country market development plans
Compare data trends at country and regional level to support strategic planning
Download data for use in pitches and presentations
Live Data is more than a web platform. We can tailor our data offering to your goals, providing data for energy modelling, mapping, sales, analysis, or cases studies.
Please contact Alex Wark to discuss your needs or to arrange a demonstration of the platform.
Tel: +44 (0)1424 72166
We welcome updates from stakeholders about their projects. To submit or verify project-level information please contact Camilla Nytun.
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