Modern bioenergy consumption multiple of solar PV and wind combined

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4times

Global · 2017

Modern bioenergy consumption multiple of solar PV and wind combined worldwide was 4 times in 2017 (IEA).

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Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
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Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
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Verified

What the source says

Modern bioenergy (excluding the traditional use of biomass) was responsible for half of all renewable energy consumed in 2017 – it provided four times the contribution of solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind combined.

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APA

International Energy Agency. (2017). Market Report Series: Renewables 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PWV25XS0D3S0N80W1DNFVQZJNX

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2017, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PWV25XS0D3S0N80W1DNFVQZJNX.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2018." 2017. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PWV25XS0D3S0N80W1DNFVQZJNX.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2017modernvqzjnx, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2018}, year = {2017}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PWV25XS0D3S0N80W1DNFVQZJNX}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Market Report Series: Renewables 2018
Type
Report
Published
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Locator
About this report
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
editorial:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_PWV25XS0D3S0N80W1DNFVQZJNX