Share of additional electricity generation from wind and solar PV
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50%
Global · 2019–2040
IEA projects share of additional electricity generation from wind and solar PV worldwide at 50% in 2019–2040.
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Electricity moves to the heart of modern energy security
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Wind and solar PV provide more than half of the additional electricity generation to 2040 in the Stated Policies Scenario and almost all the growth in the Sustainable Development Scenario.
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- International Energy Agency. (2040). World Energy Outlook 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2019. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_38719KRAMTE5NSPMBQDF24YNBX
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2019." 2040, https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2019. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_38719KRAMTE5NSPMBQDF24YNBX.
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- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2019." 2040. https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2019. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_38719KRAMTE5NSPMBQDF24YNBX.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2040share24ynbx, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {World Energy Outlook 2019}, year = {2040}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_38719KRAMTE5NSPMBQDF24YNBX}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2019. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- World Energy Outlook 2019
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Electricity moves to the heart of modern energy security
- 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_38719KRAMTE5NSPMBQDF24YNBX