The World Energy Outlook of the International Energy Agency (IEA) systematically underestimates the development of photovoltaic energy

Since 1993, the World Energy Outlook of the International Energy Agency (IEA) is an authoritative report on energy statistics and guidance on future developments in energy supply and demand. However, an examination of these reports indicates that even in its most progressive scenarios it has greatly underestimated the growth of renewable energy technologies, especially solar photovoltaics. Since its founding in 1973, a key objective of the Inter…