Renewable share of electricity generation
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37%
Global · 2027
IEA projects renewable share of electricity generation worldwide at 37% in 2027.
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning and data centres continue to spur robust increases in electricity use around the world
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Renewable generation is set to grow by more than 8% in 2026, and it is poised to increase its share of global electricity generation from 33% in 2025 to 37% by 2027.
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- International Energy Agency. (2027). Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAT
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- International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks." 2027, https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAT.
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- International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks." 2027. https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAT.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2027renewable18yfat, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks}, year = {2027}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAT}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning and data centres continue to spur robust increases in electricity use around the world
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
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Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAT