Share of global new wind and solar PV capacity installed in China
China · 2017–2040
IEA projects share of global new wind and solar PV capacity installed in China at 33.3% in 2017–2040.
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- When China changes, everything changes
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The scale of China’s clean energy deployment, technology exports and outward investment makes it a key determinant of momentum behind the low-carbon transition: one-third of the world’s new wind power and solar PV is installed in China in the New Policies Scenario, and China also accounts for more than 40% of global investment in electric vehicles (EVs).
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- International Energy Agency. (2040). World Energy Outlook 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2017. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TGE08YRKZV99FWX2VY0QCWTN4T
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2017." 2040, https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2017. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TGE08YRKZV99FWX2VY0QCWTN4T.
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- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2017." 2040. https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TGE08YRKZV99FWX2VY0QCWTN4T.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2040sharecwtn4t, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {World Energy Outlook 2017}, year = {2040}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TGE08YRKZV99FWX2VY0QCWTN4T}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2017. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- World Energy Outlook 2017
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- When China changes, everything changes
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_TGE08YRKZV99FWX2VY0QCWTN4T