IEA renewable capacity additions forecast revision

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18%

Global · 2020

IEA renewable capacity additions forecast revision was 18% in 2020.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Renewable power additions defy Covid to set new record
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

We have revised the IEA forecast for global renewable capacity additions in 2020 upwards by 18% from our previous update in May.

International Energy Agency, Renewables 2020, Renewable power additions defy Covid to set new record

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APA

International Energy Agency. (2020). Renewables 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3648VVGTCCCJWTVMZAG424J5DF

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2020, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3648VVGTCCCJWTVMZAG424J5DF.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2020. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3648VVGTCCCJWTVMZAG424J5DF.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2020renewable24j5df, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2020}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3648VVGTCCCJWTVMZAG424J5DF}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Renewables 2020
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Renewable power additions defy Covid to set new record
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
editorial:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_3648VVGTCCCJWTVMZAG424J5DF