Module profile
Energy score
80/100
Clean-energy readiness, grid resilience, and solar or efficiency opportunity signals.
Energy in Rio de Janeiro80/100
Energy
Energy Readiness in Rio de Janeiro
Rio benefits from Brazil's hydropower-led low-carbon grid and active wind and solar build-out. Energy in Rio de Janeiro scores 80/100, placing it in the strong group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 80/100
Energy readiness
80/100
Solid directional transition score.
Grid adaptation
Strong
Renewable build-out supports planning continuity.
Renewable opportunity
Hydro-led
Hydropower carries the system; wind and solar are growing.
Rio de Janeiro 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 | 80/100 | Hydropower supports the baseline. |
| Grid adaptation | Strong | Diverse resources shape grid plans. |
| Renewable opportunity | Hydro-led | Resource mix shapes the local transition path. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro (this page) | 80/100 | Rio benefits from Brazil's hydropower-led low-carbon grid and active wind and solar build-out. |
| São Paulo | 78/100 | São Paulo benefits from a comparatively low-carbon national electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active work on building efficiency and distributed solar. |
| Belo Horizonte | 76/100 | Belo Horizonte's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Porto Alegre | 76/100 | Porto Alegre's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Campo Grande | 76/100 | Campo Grande's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Palmas | 76/100 | Palmas's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Londrina | 76/100 | Londrina's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| São José do Rio Preto | 76/100 | São José do Rio Preto's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Blumenau | 76/100 | Blumenau's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Marabá | 76/100 | Marabá's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Jundiaí | 76/100 | Jundiaí's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Vitória da Conquista | 76/100 | Vitória da Conquista's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Juazeiro | 76/100 | Juazeiro's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Carapicuíba | 76/100 | Carapicuíba's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| São Luís | 75/100 | São Luís's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Porto Velho | 75/100 | Porto Velho's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Nova Iguaçu | 75/100 | Nova Iguaçu's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Juiz de Fora | 75/100 | Juiz de Fora's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Mogi das Cruzes | 75/100 | Mogi das Cruzes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Jaboatão dos Guararapes | 75/100 | Jaboatão dos Guararapes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Maringá | 75/100 | Maringá's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Foz do Iguaçu | 75/100 | Foz do Iguaçu's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Caruaru | 75/100 | Caruaru's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Bagé | 75/100 | Bagé's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Itaquaquecetuba | 75/100 | Itaquaquecetuba's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Diadema | 75/100 | Diadema's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Brasilia | 74/100 | Brasilia's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Vitória | 74/100 | Vitória's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Caxias do Sul | 74/100 | Caxias do Sul's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Anápolis | 74/100 | Anápolis's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Guarujá | 74/100 | Guarujá's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
Interpretation
Energy scoring weighs resource context, infrastructure maturity, and adaptation capacity. Across the indexed cities the energy average is 71/100, so Rio de Janeiro is 9 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 3 institutional references.
Read this module with the main open the rio de janeiro city profile and the read the scoring methodology page so single-topic pages do not hide tradeoffs across dimensions.
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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