Renewable electricity capacity growth forecast

STO-REC-STATPCAX0WT1 Official
920gigawatts
forecast

Global · 2017–2022

IEA projects renewable electricity capacity growth forecast worldwide at 920 gigawatts in 2017–2022.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
A bright future for renewables to 2022, solar PV entering a new era
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

This record performance in 2016 forms the bedrock of the IEA’s electricity forecast, which sees continued strong growth through 2022, with renewable electricity capacity forecast to expand by over 920 GW, an increase of 43%.

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2022). Market Report Series: Renewables 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PCAX0WZY03SS8EPTXV7BET7BPW
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2022, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PCAX0WZY03SS8EPTXV7BET7BPW.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2022. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PCAX0WZY03SS8EPTXV7BET7BPW.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2022renewableet7bpw, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2017}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PCAX0WZY03SS8EPTXV7BET7BPW}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Market Report Series: Renewables 2017
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
A bright future for renewables to 2022, solar PV entering a new era
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_PCAX0WZY03SS8EPTXV7BET7BPW