Hydropower in the Context of Sustainable Energy Supply: A Review of Technologies and Challenges

Table 4

Regional hydropower generation potential, installed capacity, undeveloped potential, and capacity factor in 2009, adapted from World Commission on Dams [49].

World region	Technical potential-annual generation (TWh/yr)	Technical potential-installed capacity (GW)	2009, Total generation (TWh/yr)	2009, installed capacity (GW)	Undeveloped potential (%)	Average regional capacity factor (%)
North America	1,659	388	628	153	62	47
Latin America	2,856	608	732	156	74	54
Europe	1,021	338	542	179	47	35
Africa	1,174	283	98	23	92	47
Asia	7,681	2,037	1,514	402	80	43
Australasia/Oceania	185	67	37	13	80	32
World	14,576	3,721	3,551	926	76	44