Renewables share of electricity generation growth
RecordSTO-8JZMQTANM0-KQCBD9YD5K-ESXXQ5
Global · 2018–2023
IEA projected renewables share of electricity generation growth worldwide at more than 70% in 2018–2023.
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Renewables increasingly central to total energy consumption growth
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
During this period, renewables are forecast to meet more than 70% of global electricity generation growth, led by solar PV and followed by wind, hydropower, and bioenergy.
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APA
International Energy Agency. (2023). Market Report Series: Renewables 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8JZMQTANM0KQCBD9YD5KESXXQ5
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2023, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8JZMQTANM0KQCBD9YD5KESXXQ5.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2023. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8JZMQTANM0KQCBD9YD5KESXXQ5.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2023renewablesesxxq5, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2018}, year = {2023}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8JZMQTANM0KQCBD9YD5KESXXQ5}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Market Report Series: Renewables 2018
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Renewables increasingly central to total energy consumption growth
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- editorial:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
- Checked on
- 27 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_8JZMQTANM0KQCBD9YD5KESXXQ5