IEA renewable capacity additions forecast revision

We have revised the IEA forecast for global renewable capacity additions in 2020 upwards by 18% from our previous update in May.

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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_EXBQED36HWN9DYMD67WA59ZYT2

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International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2020, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_EXBQED36HWN9DYMD67WA59ZYT2.

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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_EXBQED36HWN9DYMD67WA59ZYT2.

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@misc{iea2020renewable59zyt2, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2020}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_EXBQED36HWN9DYMD67WA59ZYT2}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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