Share of energy demand growth supplied by low-carbon sources
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50%
Global · 2018–2040
IEA projects share of energy demand growth supplied by low-carbon sources worldwide at 50% in 2018–2040.
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- In the Stated Policies Scenario, energy demand rises by 1% per year to 2040
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Low-carbon sources, led by solar photovoltaics (PV), supply more than half of this growth, and natural gas, boosted by rising trade in liquefied natural gas (LNG), accounts for another third.
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- International Energy Agency. (2040). World Energy Outlook 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2019. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GCDJ7YZRMTJDQAFFMB5V79A04H
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2019." 2040, https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2019. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GCDJ7YZRMTJDQAFFMB5V79A04H.
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- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2019." 2040. https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2019. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GCDJ7YZRMTJDQAFFMB5V79A04H.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2040share79a04h, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {World Energy Outlook 2019}, year = {2040}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GCDJ7YZRMTJDQAFFMB5V79A04H}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2019. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- World Energy Outlook 2019
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- In the Stated Policies Scenario, energy demand rises by 1% per year to 2040
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_GCDJ7YZRMTJDQAFFMB5V79A04H