The renewable power shift · 2015–2025

Name: The renewable power shift · 2015–2025
Uploaded: 2026-10-18T00:50:39Z
Description: Watch solar catch up with hydropower as four renewable electricity technologies grow worldwide. Explore IRENA year-end installed capacity with a native Bubble chart.

Watch solar catch up with hydropower as four renewable electricity technologies grow worldwide. Explore IRENA year-end installed capacity with a native Bubble chart.

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GW · year-end installed capacity · 2015–2025

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IRENA (2026), Renewable Energy Statistics 2026. World annual year-end installed capacity, MW divided by 1,000 to GW; not electricity generation or annual additions. Hydro, Solar, Wind and Bioenergy only; geothermal and marine excluded, not zero. Capacity stocks: Cumulative Sum OFF. Bubble Area recalculates relative sizes each period within available space, with bounded radii; read GW labels for absolute comparisons across years. Positions do not encode x/y measures. Intermediate frames visually interpolate annual observations. Original technology pictograms created for ChartGlow; no photographs or external logos. Source and rights record: /examples/renewable-power.sources.json.

IRENASTAT table: Copyright No; IRENA attribution and terms apply. Original ChartGlow pictograms.

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