Renewables share of electricity supply

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33.3%
forecast

Global · 2025

IEA projects renewables share of electricity supply worldwide at 33.3% in 2025.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Renewables are set to lead the global electricity sector
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

By that time, they are expected to supply one-third of the world’s electricity.

International Energy Agency, Renewables 2020 · Renewables are set to lead the global electricity sector
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APA
International Energy Agency. (2025). Renewables 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_23FHPR73317773WH2K7F8NVESM
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2025, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_23FHPR73317773WH2K7F8NVESM.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2025. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_23FHPR73317773WH2K7F8NVESM.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2025renewables8nvesm, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2020}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_23FHPR73317773WH2K7F8NVESM}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Renewables 2020
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Renewables are set to lead the global electricity sector
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_23FHPR73317773WH2K7F8NVESM