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The report comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible figures on renewable energy capacity statistics. It includes figures from 2000 to 2015, and contains 13,546 data points from more than 200 countries and territories.

Renewable power generation capacity is measured as 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.