Net installed renewable capacity growth rate

RecordSTO-D2PG9WW0WF-96JAEDS44B-5WY8YD

nearly4%
forecast

Global · 2020

IEA projected net installed renewable capacity growth rate worldwide at nearly 4% in 2020.

Original source

Net installed renewable capacity growth rate: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Renewable power additions defy Covid to set new record
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Driven by China and the United States, net installed renewable capacity will grow by nearly 4% globally in 2020, reaching almost 200 GW.

International Energy Agency, Renewables 2020, Renewable power additions defy Covid to set new record

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APA

International Energy Agency. (2020). Renewables 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D2PG9WW0WF96JAEDS44B5WY8YD

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2020, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D2PG9WW0WF96JAEDS44B5WY8YD.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2020. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D2PG9WW0WF96JAEDS44B5WY8YD.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2020installed5wy8yd, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2020}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D2PG9WW0WF96JAEDS44B5WY8YD}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Renewables 2020
Type
Report
Published
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Locator
Renewable power additions defy Covid to set new record
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_D2PG9WW0WF96JAEDS44B5WY8YD