As of 2025, solar photovoltaic was the renewable technology with the highest capacity installed worldwide, amounting to 2.37 terawatts. Onshore wind energy followed, with an installed capacity of 1.2 terawatts worldwide. In that year, the global installed renewable energy capacity reached some 5.13 terawatts, up from 4.44 terawatts one year earlier.
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IRENA. (March 31, 2026). Cumulative renewable energy capacity worldwide in 2025, by technology (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1394199/global-renewable-capacity-by-source/
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