Renewable electricity generation growth forecast

RecordSTO-4HQSYXM67M-D2Z9H0Y48Q-WN9RW7

more than33.3%
forecast

Global · 2017–2022

IEA projected renewable electricity generation growth worldwide at more than 33.3% in 2017–2022.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Developing Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

By 2022, global renewables electricity generation is expected to grow by over one-third to over 8 000 terrawatts per hour, equal to the total power consumption of China, India and Germany combined.

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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_4HQSYXM67MD2Z9H0Y48QWN9RW7

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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_4HQSYXM67MD2Z9H0Y48QWN9RW7.
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_4HQSYXM67MD2Z9H0Y48QWN9RW7.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2022renewablewn9rw7, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2017}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_4HQSYXM67MD2Z9H0Y48QWN9RW7}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-4HQSYXM67M-D2Z9H0Y48Q-WN9RW7 T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Market Report Series: Renewables 2017
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Developing Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
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_4HQSYXM67MD2Z9H0Y48QWN9RW7