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. 2019 Mar 6;10:1077. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08855-1

Table 1.

Capital expenditures in the power sector for the transition from 2015 to 2050

Major region Unit Year
2015–2020 2020–2025 2025–2030 2030–2035 2035–2040 2040–2045 2045–2050
Europe [b€] 374–436 520–649 381–491 360–465 330–444 308–393 267–338
Eurasia [b€] 89–95 266–302 76–92 65–78 48–62 48–62 75–96
MENA [b€] 120–130 318–364 273–372 208–303 134–197 134–190 159–216
SSA [b€] 50–55 133–156 125–175 119–168 119–169 161–232 205–287
SAARC [b€] 150–163 342–415 545–771 362–514 341–493 404–581 438–623
Northeast Asia [b€] 517–608 1223–1466 988–1340 693–988 619–885 693–1026 917–1278
Southeast Asia [b€] 121–134 274–330 336–477 281–397 183–262 241–345 307–413
North America [b€] 344–386 1126–1345 598–802 379–512 277–405 250–368 205–288
South America [b€] 166–188 111–141 94–132 73–96 92–127 109–146 115–155
Total [b€] 1920–2182 4307–5162 3415–4649 2538–3518 2140–3040 2347–3340 2679–3683

Including power generation, storage and interregional transmission. Capex numbers are given for 5-year periods including the uncertainty range, i.e. annual numbers would be roughly one fifth

MENA Middle East and North Africa, SSA sub-Saharan Africa, SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation