Share of global renewable capacity growth

STO-REC-STATQGKRJNT1 Official
40%
forecast

China · 2017–2022

IEA projects share of global renewable capacity growth in China at 40% in 2017–2022.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
China is the undisputed renewable growth leader
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

China alone is responsible for over 40% of global renewable capacity growth, which is largely driven by concerns about air pollution and capacity targets that were outlined in the country’s 13th five-year plan to 2020.

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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_QGKRJN7XHW56PVXBQAER7Y3V2Z
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_QGKRJN7XHW56PVXBQAER7Y3V2Z.
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_QGKRJN7XHW56PVXBQAER7Y3V2Z.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2022share7y3v2z, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2017}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QGKRJN7XHW56PVXBQAER7Y3V2Z}, 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
China is the undisputed renewable growth leader
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_QGKRJN7XHW56PVXBQAER7Y3V2Z