Renewable share of electricity generation
RecordSTO-ZXCW4Y06G0-0B955JXMCS-F6Z1QQ
Global · 2040
IEA projects renewable share of electricity generation worldwide at more than 40% in 2040.
Renewable share of electricity generation: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- World Energy Outlook 2018 – Analysis
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
This is transforming the global power mix, with the share of renewables in generation rising to over 40% by 2040, from 25% today, even though coal remains the largest source and gas remains the second-largest.
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APA
International Energy Agency. (2040). World Energy Outlook 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2018. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_ZXCW4Y06G00B955JXMCSF6Z1QQ
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- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2018." 2040, https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2018. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_ZXCW4Y06G00B955JXMCSF6Z1QQ.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "World Energy Outlook 2018." 2040. https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_ZXCW4Y06G00B955JXMCSF6Z1QQ.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2040renewablef6z1qq, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {World Energy Outlook 2018}, year = {2040}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_ZXCW4Y06G00B955JXMCSF6Z1QQ}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2018. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- World Energy Outlook 2018
- Type
- Report
- Published
- —
- Locator
- World Energy Outlook 2018 – Analysis
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- CC by 4.0
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 1 October 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_ZXCW4Y06G00B955JXMCSF6Z1QQ