Bioenergy share of renewable energy consumption
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50%
Global · 2017
Bioenergy share of renewable energy consumption worldwide stood at 50% in 2017 (IEA).
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- IEA
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- T1 Official
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- 16 Sep 2026
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- Verified
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In 2023, bioenergy will remain the predominant source of renewable energy, although its share of total renewable energy declines from 50%, in 2017, to 46% as the expansion of both solar PV and wind accelerates in the electricity sector.
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- International Energy Agency. (2017). Market Report Series: Renewables 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_29WDERFCWEWH3GZBFG4PE7FNR3
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- International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2017, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_29WDERFCWEWH3GZBFG4PE7FNR3.
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- International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2017. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_29WDERFCWEWH3GZBFG4PE7FNR3.
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- @misc{iea2017bioenergye7fnr3, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2018}, year = {2017}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_29WDERFCWEWH3GZBFG4PE7FNR3}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Market Report Series: Renewables 2018
- Type
- Press release
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- About this report
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
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- Verified
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- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
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