Energy score
Clean-energy readiness, grid resilience, and solar or efficiency opportunity signals.
Energy in Paris86/100
Energy
Energy Readiness in Paris
Paris has strong energy-transition direction, with building retrofits and heat adaptation central to its readiness profile. Energy in Paris scores 86/100, placing it in the strong group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 86/100
Energy readiness
86/100
Strong policy and building-efficiency direction support the transition score.
Primary transition lever
Building efficiency
Older building stock makes efficiency upgrades a major lever.
Climate stressor
Urban heat
Heat adaptation is a major quality-of-life and energy-demand issue.
Paris energy data table
This HTML table mirrors the visible score cards so important comparison data is never trapped in a browser-only chart.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Energy readiness | 86/100 | Policy ambition and retrofit focus support the score. |
| Primary transition lever | Building efficiency | Retrofits can reduce emissions and improve comfort. |
| Climate stressor | Urban heat | Summer heat increases adaptation and cooling importance. |
Energy city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Paris (this page) | 86/100 | Paris has strong energy-transition direction, with building retrofits and heat adaptation central to its readiness profile. |
| Lyon | 76/100 | Lyon's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Bordeaux | 76/100 | Bordeaux's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Strasbourg | 76/100 | Strasbourg's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Angers | 74/100 | Angers's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Orléans | 74/100 | Orléans's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Toulouse | 74/100 | Toulouse's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Poitiers | 72/100 | Poitiers's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Bourges | 72/100 | Bourges's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Colmar | 72/100 | Colmar's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Quimper | 72/100 | Quimper's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Angoulême | 72/100 | Angoulême's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Niort | 72/100 | Niort's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Saint-Nazaire | 72/100 | Saint-Nazaire's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Lorient | 72/100 | Lorient's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Valence | 72/100 | Valence's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Troyes | 72/100 | Troyes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Metz | 72/100 | Metz's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Le Mans | 72/100 | Le Mans's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Limoges | 72/100 | Limoges's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Marseille | 72/100 | Marseille's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Nice | 72/100 | Nice's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Montpellier | 72/100 | Montpellier's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Rennes | 72/100 | Rennes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Grenoble | 72/100 | Grenoble's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Dijon | 72/100 | Dijon's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Aix-en-Provence | 72/100 | Aix-en-Provence's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Cannes | 71/100 | Cannes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Antibes | 71/100 | Antibes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | 71/100 | Boulogne-sur-Mer's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Beauvais | 71/100 | Beauvais's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
Interpretation
Paris energy readiness depends on existing buildings, clean heat, and heat adaptation. The model rewards cities that connect emissions cuts to resident comfort. Across the indexed cities the energy average is 63/100, so Paris is 23 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 3 institutional references.
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Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
3 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- International Energy Agency: Empowering Urban Energy Transitions
Used to ground energy-readiness scoring in international transition guidance.
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