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World renewable power capacity by technology

Capacity of the world's renewable power plants by technology (hydropower, marine, onshore and offshore wind, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar power, bioenergy and geothermal) at the end of each year since 2016, as compiled by IRENA.

Latest value

2,383.2GW

World, 2025. Version 2026-03-31.

World renewable power capacity by technology (gigawatts)

80 values from 2016 to 2025. Lines: Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage), Marine energy, Onshore wind, Offshore wind, Solar photovoltaic.
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World renewable power capacity by technology, every value
PeriodTechnologyValue (GW)Status
2016Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,138.8final
2017Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,157.2final
2018Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,176.3final
2019Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,191.8final
2020Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,212.1final
2021Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,235.5final
2022Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,260.0final
2023Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,270.0final
2024Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,277.4final
2025Hydropower (renewable, excluding pure pumped storage)1,295.8final
2016Marine energy0.5final
2017Marine energy0.5final
2018Marine energy0.5final
2019Marine energy0.5final
2020Marine energy0.5final
2021Marine energy0.5final
2022Marine energy0.5final
2023Marine energy0.5final
2024Marine energy0.5final
2025Marine energy0.5final
2016Onshore wind452.9final
2017Onshore wind496.2final
2018Onshore wind540.0final
2019Onshore wind594.8final
2020Onshore wind698.9final
2021Onshore wind769.9final
2022Onshore wind840.5final
2023Onshore wind943.8final
2024Onshore wind1,049.9final
2025Onshore wind1,200.0final
2016Offshore wind14.4final
2017Offshore wind18.8final
2018Offshore wind23.6final
2019Offshore wind28.3final
2020Offshore wind34.3final
2021Offshore wind54.3final
2022Offshore wind62.6final
2023Offshore wind74.4final
2024Offshore wind82.7final
2025Offshore wind91.4final
2016Solar photovoltaic293.2final
2017Solar photovoltaic386.7final
2018Solar photovoltaic481.5final
2019Solar photovoltaic583.4final
2020Solar photovoltaic714.7final
2021Solar photovoltaic859.7final
2022Solar photovoltaic1,051.5final
2023Solar photovoltaic1,415.2final
2024Solar photovoltaic1,872.8final
2025Solar photovoltaic2,383.2final
2016Concentrated solar power5.0final
2017Concentrated solar power5.1final
2018Concentrated solar power5.8final
2019Concentrated solar power6.4final
2020Concentrated solar power6.4final
2021Concentrated solar power6.4final
2022Concentrated solar power6.6final
2023Concentrated solar power6.9final
2024Concentrated solar power7.6final
2025Concentrated solar power8.4final
2016Bioenergy103.9final
2017Bioenergy109.7final
2018Bioenergy116.8final
2019Bioenergy122.5final
2020Bioenergy129.8final
2021Bioenergy136.4final
2022Bioenergy143.0final
2023Bioenergy147.0final
2024Bioenergy151.0final
2025Bioenergy154.4final
2016Geothermal energy12.2final
2017Geothermal energy12.8final
2018Geothermal energy13.2final
2019Geothermal energy13.8final
2020Geothermal energy14.2final
2021Geothermal energy14.5final
2022Geothermal energy14.7final
2023Geothermal energy15.1final
2024Geothermal energy15.4final
2025Geothermal energy15.7final
Calculated by Environment Dashboard from IRENA (2026), Renewable capacity statistics 2026. © IRENA 2026. Changes: converted from megawatts to gigawatts. IRENA publication terms (free use with attribution to IRENA and the notation © IRENA 2026).

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What was done to it

  1. Read IRENA's Renewable capacity statistics 2026 (PDF created 31 March 2026, sha256 fc580bd4f4ee…; its metadata title and the citation on page 2 name this edition) and took the World row of each table from the text of pages 14, 18, 21, 25, 26, 29, 32, 33, 37, 41, 42, 53, 64, read with the columns kept apart, for 2016 to 2025.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/irena_capacity.py · code sha256 16bd17df3d2b10a7… · inputs fc580bd4f4ee… c71bd27d8e33…

  2. Checked that Total renewable energy is the sum of renewable hydropower, marine, onshore and offshore wind, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar power, bioenergy and geothermal in every year, and that the wind, solar and hydropower tables add up from their parts, each to within the rounding of the megawatt values. Pure pumped storage is not part of IRENA's renewable total.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/irena_capacity.py · code sha256 16bd17df3d2b10a7… · inputs fc580bd4f4ee… c71bd27d8e33…

  3. Found the quotes used as publisher checks in the highlights PDF (pages 1, 5).

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  4. Published the eight technologies that make up IRENA's total, in gigawatts.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/irena_capacity.py · code sha256 16bd17df3d2b10a7… · inputs fc580bd4f4ee… c71bd27d8e33…

What it covers

Geography
World
Basis
Maximum net generating capacity of renewable power plants installed and connected at the end of each year, as compiled by IRENA from official and unofficial sources and its own estimates. Capacity is not generation. Pure pumped storage hydropower and stationary batteries are not included. Values are revised in later editions.
Unit
gigawatts (GW)