which cities are rising, and which are fading
50 cities, six rankings, measured the same way everywhere. No surveys. No paid places.
Most sun and wind power built nearby
Large solar and wind plants operating within 100 km of the city, megawatts, September 2026. · Fact
- 25 Johannesburg South Africa 358 MW
- 29 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 204 MW
- 32 Nairobi Kenya 143 MW
- 41 Lagos Nigeria 52 MW
- 44 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 0 MW
- 45 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 0 MW
- 46 Khartoum Sudan 0 MW
- 47 Kinshasa DR Congo 0 MW
- 49 Luanda Angola 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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