Total solar PV capacity forecast

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740gigawatts
forecast

Global · 2022

IEA projects total solar PV capacity forecast worldwide at 740 gigawatts in 2022.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
China is the undisputed renewable growth leader
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

In the Renewables 2017 main case forecast, total solar PV capacity around the world reaches 740 GW by 2022 – more than the combined total power capacities of India and Japan today.

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2022). Market Report Series: Renewables 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3ZPW8DFW986YV60SNEPSGG0XQR
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2022, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3ZPW8DFW986YV60SNEPSGG0XQR.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2022. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3ZPW8DFW986YV60SNEPSGG0XQR.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2022solargg0xqr, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2017}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3ZPW8DFW986YV60SNEPSGG0XQR}, 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
Press release
Published
Locator
China is the undisputed renewable growth leader
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_3ZPW8DFW986YV60SNEPSGG0XQR