On this week’s episode of #TruthtoPower, IntelStor's Founder & CEO, Philip Totaro looks at generation and operational efficiency of #renewableenergy within the Africa & the Middle East region from the IntelStor Future of Renewables #marketresearch Report.

As of 2025, hydropower dropped to 62.4% market share with solar PV gaining momentum to 22.6% wind at 7.9% and geothermal at 3.3%. Solar PV and onshore wind will continue to take share away from hydropower.

Hydropower leads on capacity factor across all technologies, but given the efficiency displayed by biogas, it is unsurprising that they have seen growth in capacity installed seeing some large projects come online in 2015 and 2021 which boosted generation.

While hydropower has been able to maintain a capacity factor between 37 – 44%, technologies like biogas and even geothermal have shown a reduction in average capacity factor over time.

This is curious and concerning since newer generations of technologies typically result in higher capacity factors and should at least allow newly installed capacity to sustain the average capacity factor of the entire installed base as older asset age.

Have a listen today, and get in touch with your best questions about the global #renewableenergy industry.

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