Modern bioenergy share of renewable energy consumption

Modern bioenergy (excluding the traditional use of biomass) was responsible for half of all renewable energy consumed in 2017 – it provided four times the contribution of solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind combined.

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International Energy Agency. (2017). Market Report Series: Renewables 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_98YHQ79JHSGQ9ZPX2CKDQ1EDSF

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International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2017, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_98YHQ79JHSGQ9ZPX2CKDQ1EDSF.

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International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2017. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_98YHQ79JHSGQ9ZPX2CKDQ1EDSF.

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@misc{iea2017modernq1edsf, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2018}, year = {2017}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_98YHQ79JHSGQ9ZPX2CKDQ1EDSF}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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