Distributed solar PV capacity increase, main case

RecordSTO-TVEV5CVTDK-MSW16AYNM6-7YK240

320 billionwatts
forecast

Global · 2019–2024

IEA projected distributed solar PV capacity increase, main case worldwide at 320 billion watts in 2019–2024.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Solar PV drives strong rebound in renewable capacity additions
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Distributed PV capacity is forecast to increase 320 GW in the main case, almost half of total PV growth and a similar expansion to onshore wind.

International Energy Agency, Renewables 2019, Solar PV drives strong rebound in renewable capacity additions

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APA

International Energy Agency. (2024). Renewables 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2019. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TVEV5CVTDKMSW16AYNM67YK240

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2019." 2024, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2019. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TVEV5CVTDKMSW16AYNM67YK240.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2019." 2024. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2019. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TVEV5CVTDKMSW16AYNM67YK240.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2024distributed7yk240, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2019}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TVEV5CVTDKMSW16AYNM67YK240}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2019. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Renewables 2019
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Solar PV drives strong rebound in renewable capacity additions
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

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