Energy score
Clean-energy readiness, grid resilience, and solar or efficiency opportunity signals.
Energy in Wellington88/100
Energy
Energy Readiness in Wellington
Wellington benefits from New Zealand's low-carbon electricity baseline with hydropower and geothermal providing most generation. Energy in Wellington scores 88/100, placing it in the strong group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 88/100
Energy readiness
88/100
Strong directional transition score.
Grid adaptation
Strong
Renewable integration supports planning continuity.
Renewable opportunity
Hydro and geothermal
Diverse low-carbon resources carry the system.
Wellington energy data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Energy readiness | 88/100 | Low-carbon mix supports the trajectory. |
| Grid adaptation | Strong | Hydropower is the central resource. |
| Renewable opportunity | Hydro and geothermal | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wellington (this page) | 88/100 | Wellington benefits from New Zealand's low-carbon electricity baseline with hydropower and geothermal providing most generation. |
| Auckland | 86/100 | Auckland operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower and geothermal generation, with active building-efficiency work. |
| Lower Hutt | 72/100 | Lower Hutt's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Christchurch | 72/100 | Christchurch's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Tauranga | 72/100 | Tauranga's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Queenstown | 72/100 | Queenstown's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Napier | 72/100 | Napier's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Invercargill | 70/100 | Invercargill's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Dunedin | 70/100 | Dunedin's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Hibiscus Coast | 65/100 | Hibiscus Coast's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Porirua | 65/100 | Porirua's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Hastings | 65/100 | Hastings's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Whanganui | 65/100 | Whanganui's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Upper Hutt | 63/100 | Upper Hutt's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Blenheim | 60/100 | Blenheim's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Paraparaumu | 59/100 | Paraparaumu's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Gisborne | 58/100 | Gisborne's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Palmerston North | 50/100 | Palmerston North's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Nelson | 50/100 | Nelson's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Rotorua | 50/100 | Rotorua's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| New Plymouth | 50/100 | New Plymouth's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Whangārei | 50/100 | Whangārei's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Hamilton | 50/100 | Hamilton'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. |
| Stockholm | 92/100 | Stockholm benefits from a low-carbon national grid and a long-running district energy and biofuel transition. |
| 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 scoring weighs resource context, infrastructure maturity, and adaptation capacity. Across the indexed cities the energy average is 64/100, so Wellington is 24 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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