Distributed solar PV capacity increase, main case
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320 billionwatts
Global · 2019–2024
IEA projects distributed solar PV capacity increase, main case worldwide at 320 billion watts in 2019–2024.
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Report
- Renewables 2019
- Locator
- Solar PV drives strong rebound in renewable capacity additions
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Distributed PV capacity is forecast to increase 320 GW in the main case, almost half of total PV growth and a similar expansion to onshore wind.
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- APA
- International Energy Agency. (2024). Renewables 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2019. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6RN98CT36A3GR613MZ40376HSB
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2019." 2024, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2019. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6RN98CT36A3GR613MZ40376HSB.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2019." 2024. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2019. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6RN98CT36A3GR613MZ40376HSB.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2024distributed376hsb, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2019}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6RN98CT36A3GR613MZ40376HSB}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2019. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Renewables 2019
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Locator
- Solar PV drives strong rebound in renewable capacity additions
- 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_6RN98CT36A3GR613MZ40376HSB