Renewables share in road transport

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4%

Global · 2016

Renewables share in road transport worldwide stood at 4% in 2016 (IEA).

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Surging EVs to complement biofuels in renewable transport
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The share of renewables in road transport is expected to increase only marginally, from over 4% in 2016 to 4.5% in 2022.

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2016). Market Report Series: Renewables 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R4ZK1S8HK9G7QM0XVE1M6DBBXT
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2016, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R4ZK1S8HK9G7QM0XVE1M6DBBXT.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Market Report Series: Renewables 2017." 2016. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R4ZK1S8HK9G7QM0XVE1M6DBBXT.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2016renewables6dbbxt, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Market Report Series: Renewables 2017}, year = {2016}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R4ZK1S8HK9G7QM0XVE1M6DBBXT}, 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
Surging EVs to complement biofuels in renewable transport
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_R4ZK1S8HK9G7QM0XVE1M6DBBXT