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
- 12 Santiago Chile 2,581 MW
- 22 Mexico City Mexico 1,032 MW
- 30 Bogotá Colombia 158 MW
- 34 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 142 MW
- 39 São Paulo Brazil 74 MW
- 40 Buenos Aires Argentina 65 MW
- 48 Lima Peru 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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