Share of global solar PV capacity expansion

RecordSTO-2KM2QJRN9V-R3TQC21JQ5-9ZWMPE

nearly50%

China · 2016

Share of global solar PV capacity expansion in China was nearly 50% in 2016 (IEA).

Original source

Power capacity additions in China: every year, the rank and how it is measured

Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Renewables accounted for almost two-thirds of net new power capacity
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

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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APA

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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MLA
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.
Chicago
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.
BibTeX
@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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Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Market Report Series: Renewables 2017
Type
Report
Published
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Locator
Renewables accounted for almost two-thirds of net new power capacity
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Permanent URL
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