Wind and solar PV share of electricity generation by 2030

In our main case, renewables will account for almost half of global electricity generation by 2030, with the share of wind and solar PV doubling to 30%.

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International Energy Agency. (2030). Executive summary – Renewables 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PP51SD98A5MZSWF29J0JS6BC2G

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International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Renewables 2024." 2030. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PP51SD98A5MZSWF29J0JS6BC2G.

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@misc{iea2030winds6bc2g, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Executive summary – Renewables 2024}, year = {2030}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PP51SD98A5MZSWF29J0JS6BC2G}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2024/executive-summary. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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