New pumped storage hydropower capacity added
RecordSTO-A364RKJ10H-TADVC3MSJB-YK6FGN
Global · 2024
New pumped storage hydropower capacity added worldwide was 8.4 GW in 2024 (IHA).
New pumped storage hydropower capacity added: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IHA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Capacity surges worldwide
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Global hydropower capacity grew by 24.6GW in 2024, including 16.2GW of conventional hydropower and 8.4GW of pumped storage hydropower.
Checked: the figure 8.4 GWis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.
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APA
International Hydropower Association. (2024). World Hydropower Outlook 2025: Global Growth, Trends & Net Zero Progress 2025 World Hydropower Outlook. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.hydropower.org/publications/2025-world-hydropower-outlook. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A364RKJ10HTADVC3MSJBYK6FGN
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook 2025: Global Growth, Trends & Net Zero Progress 2025 World Hydropower Outlook." 2024, https://www.hydropower.org/publications/2025-world-hydropower-outlook. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A364RKJ10HTADVC3MSJBYK6FGN.
- Chicago
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook 2025: Global Growth, Trends & Net Zero Progress 2025 World Hydropower Outlook." 2024. https://www.hydropower.org/publications/2025-world-hydropower-outlook. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A364RKJ10HTADVC3MSJBYK6FGN.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iha2024pumpedyk6fgn, author = {{International Hydropower Association}}, title = {World Hydropower Outlook 2025: Global Growth, Trends \& Net Zero Progress 2025 World Hydropower Outlook}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A364RKJ10HTADVC3MSJBYK6FGN}, note = {Original source: https://www.hydropower.org/publications/2025-world-hydropower-outlook. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Hydropower Association · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- World Hydropower Outlook 2025: Global Growth, Trends & Net Zero Progress 2025 World Hydropower Outlook
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Capacity surges worldwide
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_A364RKJ10HTADVC3MSJBYK6FGN