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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Pub Database |Pub Title=RENEWABLE CAPACITY STATISTICS 2023 |Pub Organization=International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) |Pub Author=IRENA |Pub Month=March |Pub Year=2023...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Pub Database<br /> |Pub Title=RENEWABLE CAPACITY STATISTICS 2023<br /> |Pub Organization=International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)<br /> |Pub Author=IRENA<br /> |Pub Month=March<br /> |Pub Year=2023<br /> |Pub Abstract=Highlighting the continued progress toward the energy transition in the global power generation mix, <br /> this latest edition of Renewable capacity statistics reaffirms renewables as the de-facto energy choice <br /> for new power generation, despite the effects of recent global crises and geopolitical shocks on the <br /> energy sector.<br /> <br /> By the end of 2022, renewables accounted for 40% of global installed power capacity. Yet, as we draw <br /> closer to a world in which renewable energy accounts for half of total capacity, many energy planning <br /> questions must be addressed to establish renewables as the most significant source of electricity<br /> generation - including in the context of grid flexibility and adaptation to variable renewable power.<br /> <br /> <br /> 2022 has seen the largest increase in renewable energy capacity to date – the world added almost 295<br /> gigawatts (GW) of renewables, increasing the stock of renewable power by 9.6% and contributing an <br /> unprecedented 83% of global power additions, largely due to the growth of solar and wind power, and <br /> the further decommissioning of fossil fuel power plants in several large economies. Solar power alone <br /> accounted for almost two-thirds of the renewable additions with a record 192 GW, while 75 GW of wind <br /> the energy was added, slowing from the 111 GW added in 2020. <br /> <br /> <br /> A record year for renewable capacity additions is encouraging for countries around the world <br /> redesigning their national energy planning strategies to favor renewables. There is, however, much <br /> more potential to increase the role of renewables; to stay on the pathway to limit global temperature <br /> increases to 1.5°C of pre-industrial levels, the world needs to see more than 1 000 GW of annual <br /> renewable capacity additions until 2050, with solar power representing more than half of this figure. <br /> <br /> <br /> While this is an ambitious target - as the gap between what is needed and what is implemented widens<br /> - the capacity progress reported here for 2022 reflects ongoing global efforts to transform the power <br /> sector.<br /> <br /> <br /> Looking ahead, we hope to see a much faster pace of growth in the stock of renewable power plants <br /> and distributed electricity generation around the world. <br /> This report should serve not only as a valuable resource to track progress but also as a glaring reminder of the work that lies ahead to achieve a just, inclusive, and sustainable future for all.<br /> |Pub Download=https://www.irena.org/Publications/2023/Mar/Renewable-capacity-statistics-2023<br /> |Pub Tag Solar=Solar<br /> |Pub Tag Wind=Wind<br /> |Pub Tag Grid=Grid<br /> |Pub Tag Renewable=Renewable Energy<br /> |Pub Tag Energy Transition=Energy Transition<br /> }}</div>

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