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Most sun and wind power built nearby

Large solar and wind plants operating within 100 km of the city, megawatts, September 2026. · Fact

all Africa Asia Middle East Latin America Europe North America
  1. 1 Berlin Germany 9,997 MW
  2. 2 Shanghai China 6,192 MW
  3. 3 Dubai UAE 5,169 MW
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 4,651 MW
  5. 5 Shenzhen China 4,441 MW
  6. 6 London UK 4,227 MW
  7. 7 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 3,706 MW
  8. 8 Los Angeles USA 3,421 MW
  9. 9 Paris France 3,317 MW
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 3,174 MW
  11. 11 Bengaluru India 2,655 MW
  12. 12 Santiago Chile 2,581 MW
  13. 13 Istanbul Türkiye 2,384 MW
  14. 14 Hong Kong China 2,162 MW
  15. 15 Manila Philippines 1,901 MW
  16. 16 Karachi Pakistan 1,853 MW
  17. 17 Beijing China 1,722 MW
  18. 18 Seoul South Korea 1,633 MW
  19. 19 Chicago USA 1,316 MW
  20. 20 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1,154 MW
  21. 21 New York USA 1,054 MW
  22. 22 Mexico City Mexico 1,032 MW
  23. 23 Bangkok Thailand 983 MW
  24. 24 Jakarta Indonesia 405 MW
  25. 25 Johannesburg South Africa 358 MW
  26. 26 Singapore Singapore 330 MW
  27. 27 Mumbai India 248 MW
  28. 28 Delhi India 246 MW
  29. 29 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 204 MW
  30. 30 Bogotá Colombia 158 MW
  31. 31 Dhaka Bangladesh 143 MW
  32. 32 Nairobi Kenya 143 MW
  33. 33 Sydney Australia 143 MW
  34. 34 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 142 MW
  35. 35 Cairo Egypt 116 MW
  36. 36 Lahore Pakistan 104 MW
  37. 37 Kolkata India 84 MW
  38. 38 Baghdad Iraq 75 MW
  39. 39 São Paulo Brazil 74 MW
  40. 40 Buenos Aires Argentina 65 MW
  41. 41 Lagos Nigeria 52 MW
  42. 42 Tehran Iran 28 MW
  43. 43 Chengdu China 11 MW
  44. 44 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 0 MW
  45. 45 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 0 MW
  46. 46 Khartoum Sudan 0 MW
  47. 47 Kinshasa DR Congo 0 MW
  48. 48 Lima Peru 0 MW
  49. 49 Luanda Angola 0 MW
  50. 50 Moscow Russia 0 MW

Source: Global Energy Monitor, Global Integrated Power Tracker (September 2026) · 2026 data. Utility-scale plants as tracked by Global Energy Monitor; the smallest plant it tracks differs by country (about 1 MW in some, much larger in others), and rooftop solar is not counted, so cities are not measured on exactly the same scale. The 100 km circle crosses borders (Berlin includes western Poland). Plants nearby are not the power a city uses: Luanda and Kinshasa run largely on dams further away.

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