Auctioned renewable capacity growth rate

STO-REC-STAT78PDM0T1 Official
15%

Global · as of 31 Oct 2020

Auctioned renewable capacity growth rate worldwide came in at 15% as of 31 October 2020 (IEA).

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Renewables’ resilience is driven by the electricity sector
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

From January to October 2020, auctioned renewable capacity was 15% higher than for the same period last year, a new record.

International Energy Agency, Renewables 2020 · Renewables’ resilience is driven by the electricity sector
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APA
International Energy Agency. (2020). Renewables 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_78PDM0C6EXN3ZNGZY5SVERGPQ4
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2020, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_78PDM0C6EXN3ZNGZY5SVERGPQ4.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2020. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_78PDM0C6EXN3ZNGZY5SVERGPQ4.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2020auctionedergpq4, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2020}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_78PDM0C6EXN3ZNGZY5SVERGPQ4}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Renewables 2020
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Renewables’ resilience is driven by the electricity sector
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
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