Renewable projects cheaper than fossil-fuel plants
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Global · 2025
Renewable projects cheaper than fossil-fuel plants worldwide were more than 90% in 2025 (IRENA).
Renewable projects cheaper than fossil-fuel plants: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IRENA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Newsletter
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
More than 90% of utility-scale renewable projects commissioned in 2025 delivered power below the cost of the cheapest new fossil-fuel plant built in their market.
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APA
IRENA. (2025). Renewable power generation costs in 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2025. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_FT834CVRA6GXGS3DYA65SRNE72
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- MLA
- IRENA. "Renewable power generation costs in 2025." 2025, https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2025. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_FT834CVRA6GXGS3DYA65SRNE72.
- Chicago
- IRENA. "Renewable power generation costs in 2025." 2025. https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2025. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_FT834CVRA6GXGS3DYA65SRNE72.
- BibTeX
- @misc{irena2025renewablesrne72, author = {{IRENA}}, title = {Renewable power generation costs in 2025}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_FT834CVRA6GXGS3DYA65SRNE72}, note = {Original source: https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2025. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- IRENA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Renewable power generation costs in 2025
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Newsletter
- Retrieved
- 15 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
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