Grid and storage investment per dollar of renewable power investment

Today, for every dollar spent on renewable power, 60 cents are spent on grids and storage, highlighting how essential supporting infrastructure is not keeping pace with clean energy transitions.

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International Energy Agency. (2024). 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_WHGJBVK3CRKJW5F0W6XS00YZ7V

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International Energy Agency. "Geopolitical tensions are laying bare fragilities in the global energy system, reinforcing need for faster expansion of clean energy." 2024, 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_WHGJBVK3CRKJW5F0W6XS00YZ7V.

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International Energy Agency. "Geopolitical tensions are laying bare fragilities in the global energy system, reinforcing need for faster expansion of clean energy." 2024. 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_WHGJBVK3CRKJW5F0W6XS00YZ7V.

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@misc{iea2024grid00yz7v, 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 = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WHGJBVK3CRKJW5F0W6XS00YZ7V}, 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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