Renewables share of electricity generation growth

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more than70%
forecast

Global · 2018–2023

IEA projected renewables share of electricity generation growth worldwide at more than 70% in 2018–2023.

Original source
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

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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
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Locator
Renewables increasingly central to total energy consumption growth
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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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