Wind share of renewable capacity additions

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30%
forecast

Global · end of 2025

IEA projects wind share of renewable capacity additions worldwide at 30% by end-2025.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Renewables are set to lead the global electricity sector
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Solar PV alone accounts for 60% of all renewable capacity additions through 2025, and wind provides another 30%.

International Energy Agency, Renewables 2020 · Renewables are set to lead the global electricity sector
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International Energy Agency. (2025). Renewables 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_Z1E6KVPQDZ2YFBJNV31MHPWYYP
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2025, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_Z1E6KVPQDZ2YFBJNV31MHPWYYP.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2025. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_Z1E6KVPQDZ2YFBJNV31MHPWYYP.
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@misc{iea2025windhpwyyp, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2020}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_Z1E6KVPQDZ2YFBJNV31MHPWYYP}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Renewables 2020
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Renewables are set to lead the global electricity sector
Retrieved
16 September 2026
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Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
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