Development

Renewables are 85.6% of new global capacity

development2026-04-05

Claim

IRENA reported renewables accounted for 85.6% of new global capacity last year, pushing renewables to 49.4% of total installed capacity worldwide.

Reported metric: 85.6% of new / 49.4% of total

Reporting date: (not necessarily the event date)

Sources

Attribution and reporting linked by this record; links do not imply independent verification.

Knowledge graphopen in browser →

Reported in
Actor
Evidence for
Supersedes
Referenced by

Cite or correct this record

Suggest a correction — opens a GitHub draft for you to review and submit.