Low-emissions electricity generation share
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50%
Global · 2025–2030
IEA projects low-emissions electricity generation share worldwide at 50% in 2025–2030.
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- World Energy Outlook 2024 findings
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Based on today’s policy settings, the report finds that low-emissions sources are set to generate more than half of the world’s electricity before 2030 – and demand for all three fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – is still projected to peak by the end of the decade.
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- International Energy Agency. (2030). Geopolitical tensions are laying bare fragilities in the global energy system, reinforcing need for faster expansion of clean energy. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/news/geopolitical-tensions-are-laying-bare-fragilities-in-the-global-energy-system-reinforcing-need-for-faster-expansion-of-clean-energy. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VP7PAZD2R6THRP0F8PKYHB2GAJ
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Geopolitical tensions are laying bare fragilities in the global energy system, reinforcing need for faster expansion of clean energy." 2030, https://www.iea.org/news/geopolitical-tensions-are-laying-bare-fragilities-in-the-global-energy-system-reinforcing-need-for-faster-expansion-of-clean-energy. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VP7PAZD2R6THRP0F8PKYHB2GAJ.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Geopolitical tensions are laying bare fragilities in the global energy system, reinforcing need for faster expansion of clean energy." 2030. https://www.iea.org/news/geopolitical-tensions-are-laying-bare-fragilities-in-the-global-energy-system-reinforcing-need-for-faster-expansion-of-clean-energy. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VP7PAZD2R6THRP0F8PKYHB2GAJ.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2030emissionshb2gaj, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Geopolitical tensions are laying bare fragilities in the global energy system, reinforcing need for faster expansion of clean energy}, year = {2030}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_VP7PAZD2R6THRP0F8PKYHB2GAJ}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/news/geopolitical-tensions-are-laying-bare-fragilities-in-the-global-energy-system-reinforcing-need-for-faster-expansion-of-clean-energy. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Geopolitical tensions are laying bare fragilities in the global energy system, reinforcing need for faster expansion of clean energy
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- World Energy Outlook 2024 findings
- 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_VP7PAZD2R6THRP0F8PKYHB2GAJ