Solar PV and wind share of electricity generation
RecordSTO-65FERV6PQD-BDRPNRP999-DD4444
Global · 2050
IEA projects solar PV and wind share of electricity generation worldwide at nearly 60% in 2050.
Solar PV and wind share of electricity generation: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Peaks coming into view?
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
By 2035, the share of solar PV and wind in electricity generation exceeds 40% globally in the STEPS, and by 2050 increases to nearly 60%.
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APA
International Energy Agency. (2050). Pathways for the energy mix – World Energy Outlook 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2024/pathways-for-the-energy-mix. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65FERV6PQDBDRPNRP999DD4444
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Pathways for the energy mix – World Energy Outlook 2024." 2050, https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2024/pathways-for-the-energy-mix. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65FERV6PQDBDRPNRP999DD4444.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Pathways for the energy mix – World Energy Outlook 2024." 2050. https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2024/pathways-for-the-energy-mix. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65FERV6PQDBDRPNRP999DD4444.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2050solardd4444, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Pathways for the energy mix – World Energy Outlook 2024}, year = {2050}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65FERV6PQDBDRPNRP999DD4444}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2024/pathways-for-the-energy-mix. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Pathways for the energy mix – World Energy Outlook 2024
- Type
- Report
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Peaks coming into view?
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- CC by 4.0
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_65FERV6PQDBDRPNRP999DD4444