Share of global solar PV capacity expansion

Last year, new solar PV capacity around the world grew by 50%, reaching over 74 GW, with China accounting for almost half of this expansion.

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International Energy Agency. (2016). Market Report Series: Renewables 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2KM2QJRN9VR3TQC21JQ59ZWMPE

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International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2016, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2KM2QJRN9VR3TQC21JQ59ZWMPE.

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International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2016. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2KM2QJRN9VR3TQC21JQ59ZWMPE.

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@misc{iea2016share9zwmpe, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2017}, year = {2016}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2KM2QJRN9VR3TQC21JQ59ZWMPE}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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