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Total wind capacity
Total wind (on- and off-grid) electricity installed capacity, measured in gigawatts. This includes onshore and offshore wind.
Source
IRENA (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
July 18, 2025
Next expected update
July 2026
Date range
2000–2024
Unit
gigawatts

Related research and writing

Renewable Energy

Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser, and Pablo Rosado

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IRENA – Renewable Energy Statistics

The renewable power capacity data represents the maximum net generating capacity of power plants and other installations that use renewable energy sources to produce electricity. For most countries and technologies, the data reflects the capacity installed and connected at the end of the calendar year. The data is presented in megawatts (MW) rounded to the nearest one megawatt, with figures between zero and 0.5MW shown as a 0. The data has been obtained from a variety of sources, including: the IRENA questionnaire; official statistics; industry association reports; and other reports and news articles.

Some technologies include others, following this schema:

  • Total renewable capacity (on-grid and off-grid)
    • Hydropower
      • Renewable hydropower (including mixed plants)
      • Pumped storage (note that this is included in total hydropower capacity, but not in total renewable capacity)
    • Marine energy
    • Wind energy
      • Onshore wind energy
      • Offshore wind energy
    • Solar energy
      • Solar photovoltaic
      • Concentrated solar power
    • Bioenergy
      • Solid biofuels and renewable waste
        • Renewable municipal waste
        • Bagasse
        • Other solid biofuels
      • Liquid biofuels
      • Biogas
    • Geothermal
  • Total off-grid renewable capacity
    • Off-grid hydropower
    • Off-grid solar photovoltaic
    • Other off-grid renewable energy
Retrieved on
July 18, 2025
Retrieved from
https://www.irena.org/Publications/2025/Jul/Renewable-energy-statistics-2025
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
IRENA - Renewable energy statistics 2025. International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi (2025).

The renewable power capacity data represents the maximum net generating capacity of power plants and other installations that use renewable energy sources to produce electricity. For most countries and technologies, the data reflects the capacity installed and connected at the end of the calendar year. The data is presented in megawatts (MW) rounded to the nearest one megawatt, with figures between zero and 0.5MW shown as a 0. The data has been obtained from a variety of sources, including: the IRENA questionnaire; official statistics; industry association reports; and other reports and news articles.

Some technologies include others, following this schema:

  • Total renewable capacity (on-grid and off-grid)
    • Hydropower
      • Renewable hydropower (including mixed plants)
      • Pumped storage (note that this is included in total hydropower capacity, but not in total renewable capacity)
    • Marine energy
    • Wind energy
      • Onshore wind energy
      • Offshore wind energy
    • Solar energy
      • Solar photovoltaic
      • Concentrated solar power
    • Bioenergy
      • Solid biofuels and renewable waste
        • Renewable municipal waste
        • Bagasse
        • Other solid biofuels
      • Liquid biofuels
      • Biogas
    • Geothermal
  • Total off-grid renewable capacity
    • Off-grid hydropower
    • Off-grid solar photovoltaic
    • Other off-grid renewable energy
Retrieved on
July 18, 2025
Retrieved from
https://www.irena.org/Publications/2025/Jul/Renewable-energy-statistics-2025
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
IRENA - Renewable energy statistics 2025. International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi (2025).

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