Solar PV and wind capacity target for 2030

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1,200 billionwatts

China · 2024

Solar PV and wind capacity target for 2030 in China reached 1,200 billion watts in 2024 (IEA).

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Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
2030 forecast has two main drivers: solar PV and China
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The country is forecast to be home to every other megawatt of all renewable energy capacity installed worldwide in 2030, after surpassing its end-of-the-decade 1 200 GW target for solar PV and wind six years early.

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2024). Executive summary – Renewables 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6G3BNS987YQGK561R1737CTPCZ
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International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Renewables 2024." 2024, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6G3BNS987YQGK561R1737CTPCZ.
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International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Renewables 2024." 2024. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6G3BNS987YQGK561R1737CTPCZ.
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@misc{iea2024solar7ctpcz, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Executive summary – Renewables 2024}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6G3BNS987YQGK561R1737CTPCZ}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Executive summary – Renewables 2024
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
2030 forecast has two main drivers: solar PV and China
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
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Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
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