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).
- 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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- 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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Primary Source
- 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)
- 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_6G3BNS987YQGK561R1737CTPCZ