Wind and solar PV curtailment rate in selected countries (low end)
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5%
Global · 2024
Wind and solar PV curtailment rate in selected countries worldwide (low end) stood at 5% in 2024 (IEA).
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Grid infrastructure and system integration of renewables need increasing policy attention
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In Chile, Ireland and the United Kingdom, for example, the curtailment of wind and solar PV recently reached between 5% and 15%.
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- APA
- International Energy Agency. (2024). Executive summary – Renewables 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2Q8RM855K0KVXS29EM4041S9MW
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Renewables 2024." 2024, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2Q8RM855K0KVXS29EM4041S9MW.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Renewables 2024." 2024. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2Q8RM855K0KVXS29EM4041S9MW.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2024wind41s9mw, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Executive summary – Renewables 2024}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_2Q8RM855K0KVXS29EM4041S9MW}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Executive summary – Renewables 2024
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Grid infrastructure and system integration of renewables need increasing policy attention
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_2Q8RM855K0KVXS29EM4041S9MW