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Data on Mini-Grids 2009-2019
In accordance with the “State of the Global Mini-Grids Market Report 2020” released by Sustainable Energy
for All SEforAll in March 2020:
“As of February 2020, there were 5,544 installed mini-grids identified in the mini-grid asset database built
in this research, of which 60 percent and 39 percent were in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa respectively.
Generation capacity totalled 2.37GW.”

Figure 100 shows the breakdown in fuel sources across the 5544 mini-grids while figures 130 and 131show
the growth in installed mini-grids in Sub-Saharan African and Asia since 2009.

Figure 100: Installed Mini-Grids by Technology
Source: State of the Global Mini-Grids Market Report 2020 (SEforALL)

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