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
- 2 Shanghai China 6,192 MW
- 4 Tokyo Japan 4,651 MW
- 5 Shenzhen China 4,441 MW
- 7 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 3,706 MW
- 11 Bengaluru India 2,655 MW
- 14 Hong Kong China 2,162 MW
- 15 Manila Philippines 1,901 MW
- 16 Karachi Pakistan 1,853 MW
- 17 Beijing China 1,722 MW
- 18 Seoul South Korea 1,633 MW
- 23 Bangkok Thailand 983 MW
- 24 Jakarta Indonesia 405 MW
- 26 Singapore Singapore 330 MW
- 27 Mumbai India 248 MW
- 28 Delhi India 246 MW
- 31 Dhaka Bangladesh 143 MW
- 33 Sydney Australia 143 MW
- 36 Lahore Pakistan 104 MW
- 37 Kolkata India 84 MW
- 43 Chengdu China 11 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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