Accelerated case renewable capacity growth boost

STO-REC-STATCFWCVXT1 Official
30%
forecast

Global · 2017–2022

IEA projects accelerated case renewable capacity growth boost worldwide at 30% in 2017–2022.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
A bright future for renewables to 2022, solar PV entering a new era
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Under an accelerated case – where government policy lifts barriers to growth – IEA analysis finds that renewable capacity growth could be boosted by another 30%, totalling an extra 1,150 GW by 2022 led by China.

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2022). Market Report Series: Renewables 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_CFWCVXRXRW6P6YEFFE0P02NJN6
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2022, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_CFWCVXRXRW6P6YEFFE0P02NJN6.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2022. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_CFWCVXRXRW6P6YEFFE0P02NJN6.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2022accelerated02njn6, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2017}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_CFWCVXRXRW6P6YEFFE0P02NJN6}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Market Report Series: Renewables 2017
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
A bright future for renewables to 2022, solar PV entering a new era
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
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/stat/stat_CFWCVXRXRW6P6YEFFE0P02NJN6