Energy score
Clean-energy readiness, grid resilience, and solar or efficiency opportunity signals.
Energy in Västerås78/100
Energy
Energy Readiness in Västerås
Västerås's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. Energy in Västerås scores 78/100, placing it in the solid group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 78/100
Transition framing
Directional indicator
Energy framing combines national policy context, infrastructure maturity, and adaptation capacity into a directional readiness signal.
Resource context
Structured benchmark context
Renewable-resource availability is interpreted against published references rather than a single index value.
Verified local dataset
Pending integration
Source-backed energy metrics will appear when the platform integrates verified city-level data.
Västerås 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Transition framing | Directional indicator | Use this section as context, not an official measurement. |
| Resource context | Structured benchmark context | See the methodology page for how the directional score is constructed. |
| Verified local dataset | Pending integration | Transparent fallback is shown until then. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Västerås (this page) | 78/100 | Västerås's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Stockholm | 92/100 | Stockholm benefits from a low-carbon national grid and a long-running district energy and biofuel transition. |
| Malmö | 84/100 | Malmö's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Gothenburg | 84/100 | Gothenburg's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Växjö | 82/100 | Växjö's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Örebro | 80/100 | Örebro's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Norrköping | 80/100 | Norrköping's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Uppsala | 80/100 | Uppsala's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Lund | 80/100 | Lund's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Gävle | 77/100 | Gävle's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Halmstad | 76/100 | Halmstad's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Södertälje | 76/100 | Södertälje's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Borås | 74/100 | Borås's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Eskilstuna | 73/100 | Eskilstuna's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Luleå | 72/100 | Luleå's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Östersund | 66/100 | Östersund's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Sundsvall | 65/100 | Sundsvall's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Karlskrona | 62/100 | Karlskrona's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Helsingborg | 50/100 | Helsingborg's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Umeå | 50/100 | Umeå's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Linköping | 50/100 | Linköping's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Jönköping | 50/100 | Jönköping's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Karlstad | 50/100 | Karlstad's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Visby | 50/100 | Visby's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Reykjavik | 95/100 | Reykjavik's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Oslo | 95/100 | Oslo benefits from a near-fully-renewable national grid led by hydropower, supporting deep electrification of mobility and buildings. |
| Copenhagen | 94/100 | Copenhagen has a mature energy-transition profile, with district energy experience and strong climate-adaptation planning. |
| Zurich | 92/100 | Zurich operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline, strong building-efficiency standards, and continuous district-energy investment. |
| Vancouver | 90/100 | Vancouver operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work. |
| Seattle | 90/100 | Seattle operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work. |
| Amsterdam | 89/100 | Amsterdam has a clear clean-energy direction with district heat, offshore wind context, and active building-efficiency policy. |
Interpretation
Energy pages combine renewable-resource context, infrastructure maturity, and adaptation capacity into a directional readiness signal. Across the indexed cities the energy average is 63/100, so Västerås is 15 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
Read this module with the main open the västerås 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
4 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.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- 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.
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Västerås city profile
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Safety in Västerås
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Internet Speed in Västerås
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Climate Risk in Västerås
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Overall Intelligence
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