Share of electricity demand increase met by wind and solar PV
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90%
Global · 2025
IEA projects share of electricity demand increase met by wind and solar PV worldwide at 90% in 2025.
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Renewables, natural gas and nuclear energy are all contributing to meet additional demand through 2026
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Wind and solar PV are expected to cover over 90% of the increase in global electricity demand in 2025.
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- APA
- International Energy Agency. (2025). Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-mid-year-update-2025/executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPNH
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025." 2025, https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-mid-year-update-2025/executive-summary. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPNH.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025." 2025. https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-mid-year-update-2025/executive-summary. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPNH.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2025sharembjpnh, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPNH}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-mid-year-update-2025/executive-summary. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Renewables, natural gas and nuclear energy are all contributing to meet additional demand through 2026
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPNH