Year-over-year increase in renewable capacity awaiting grid connection

RecordSTO-D0HCVTY0AS-K6TMN0QS9B-5G1897

150 billionwatts

Global · 2024

Year-over-year increase in renewable capacity awaiting grid connection worldwide was 150 billion watts in 2024 (IEA).

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Grid infrastructure and system integration of renewables need increasing policy attention
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

At least 1 650 GW of renewable capacity is currently in advanced stages of development and waiting for a grid connection, 150 GW higher than at this point last year.

Checked: the figure 150 billion wattsis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

International Energy Agency. (2024). Executive summary – Renewables 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D0HCVTY0ASK6TMN0QS9B5G1897

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Renewables 2024." 2024, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D0HCVTY0ASK6TMN0QS9B5G1897.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Renewables 2024." 2024. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D0HCVTY0ASK6TMN0QS9B5G1897.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2024year5g1897, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Executive summary – Renewables 2024}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D0HCVTY0ASK6TMN0QS9B5G1897}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Executive summary – Renewables 2024
Type
Report
Published
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Locator
Grid infrastructure and system integration of renewables need increasing policy attention
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

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_D0HCVTY0ASK6TMN0QS9B5G1897