Renewable share of electricity generation (annual)
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40%
Global · 2040
IEA projects renewable share of electricity generation worldwide (annual) at 40% in 2040.
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Bright future for renewables
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Rapid deployment of solar photovoltaics (PV), led by China and India, helps solar become the largest source of low-carbon capacity by 2040, by which time the share of all renewables in total power generation reaches 40%.
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- International Energy Agency. (2040). World Energy Outlook 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2017. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_899ZZ8FYDC2QTHKKNJ1XB7349Y
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2017." 2040, https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2017. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_899ZZ8FYDC2QTHKKNJ1XB7349Y.
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- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2017." 2040. https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_899ZZ8FYDC2QTHKKNJ1XB7349Y.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2040renewableb7349y, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {World Energy Outlook 2017}, year = {2040}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_899ZZ8FYDC2QTHKKNJ1XB7349Y}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- World Energy Outlook 2017
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Bright future for renewables
- 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_899ZZ8FYDC2QTHKKNJ1XB7349Y