Electricity grid length to be built or modernised

Making a concerted push to address policy uncertainties and streamline permitting processes – and to build and modernise 25 million kilometres of electricity grids and reach 1 500 GW of storage capacity by 2030, as highlighted in previous IEA analysis – would enable even larger shares of generation from renewables.

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International Energy Agency. (2030). Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today, moving world closer to tripling goal. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/news/massive-global-growth-of-renewables-to-2030-is-set-to-match-entire-power-capacity-of-major-economies-today-moving-world-closer-to-tripling-goal. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WKS1CF2FM20YDM00SQ9ZYHAS8R

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International Energy Agency. "Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today, moving world closer to tripling goal." 2030, https://www.iea.org/news/massive-global-growth-of-renewables-to-2030-is-set-to-match-entire-power-capacity-of-major-economies-today-moving-world-closer-to-tripling-goal. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WKS1CF2FM20YDM00SQ9ZYHAS8R.

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International Energy Agency. "Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today, moving world closer to tripling goal." 2030. https://www.iea.org/news/massive-global-growth-of-renewables-to-2030-is-set-to-match-entire-power-capacity-of-major-economies-today-moving-world-closer-to-tripling-goal. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WKS1CF2FM20YDM00SQ9ZYHAS8R.

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@misc{iea2030electricityyhas8r, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today, moving world closer to tripling goal}, year = {2030}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WKS1CF2FM20YDM00SQ9ZYHAS8R}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/news/massive-global-growth-of-renewables-to-2030-is-set-to-match-entire-power-capacity-of-major-economies-today-moving-world-closer-to-tripling-goal. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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