U.S. Cities with the Most Solar Energy Potential

U.S. CITIES WITH THE MOST SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL TOTAL SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION POTENTIAL IN MEGAWATT-HOURS PER YEAR PER CAPITA < 9.000 9.999-9.000 10.999-10.000 11.999-11.000 12.999-12.000 > 13.000 WA МЕ MT ND VT NH OR MN 35 44 Stockton WI SD 45 Warren МА ID 37 31 Tulsa Topeka 34 NY 9.274 24 33 Rockford Wichita MI 8.959 RI CT Reno Salt Lake City WY 8.928 9.232 9.472 9.576 9.781 9.473 CA PA JA NE IN NJ NV 2 OH Springfield 15 Huntsville MD DE IL UT 11.144 8.794 Co 13.104 wV 10.470 VA KY O Visalia Albuquerque 22 KS 1 49 Hayward Amarillo 16 Chattanooga Scottsdale мо 11.240 9.729 10.032 10.394 NC AZ 10.991 13.562 29 Augusta TN 27 Ontario 9.062 AR 10 Oklahoma City OK 9.601 28 SC 10.251 11 Lubbock Shreveport AL Knoxville NM 42 9.620 18 Thousand Oaks Orlando 10.817 MS GA 9.045 TX 9.067 32 Palm Bay LA 10.798 11.343 40 Montgomery FL 9.520 AK 12 10.068 Peoria 11.128 12.260 Abilene 20 9.318 35 Fort Lauderdale Mobile 8 Beaumont HI Baton Rouge 11.311 8.757 10.588 10.214 10.338 9.838 9.772 10.055 11.095 10.506 8.971 50 19 17 21 14 43 New Birmingham Orleans 13 23 25 Саре Coral Simi Surprise Tempe Chandler Gilbert MCAllen Waco Lafayette Valley 8.842 9.123 8.804 9.073 9.730 9.587 8.808 46 38 48 39 26 30 47 Fresno Tucson Phoenix Mesa Odessa Midland Norman TOTAL SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION POTENTIAL IN MEGAWATT-HOURS PER YEAR PER CAPITA Total Solar Energy Production Potential (Megawatt-Hours per Year) Available Roof Space Total Solar Energy Production Potential Population (Square Feet) per Capita (Megawatt-Hours per Year) Scottsdale 258,069 156,000,000 3,500,000 13.562 AZ 2 Springfield 167,882 119,000,000 2,200,000 ... 13.104 MO 12.260 11.343 3 Baton Rouge LA 220,236 149,000,000 2,700,000 4 Abilene TX 123,420 69,000,000 1,400,000 5 Саpe Coral FL 194,495 111,000,000 2,200,000 11.311 11.240 11.144 6 Albuquerque NM 560,513 270,000,000 6,300,000 7 Visalia CA 134,605 72,400,000 1,500,000 8 Beaumont TX 116,825 70,800,000 1,300,000 11.128 11.095 10.991 10.817 10.798 10.588 10.506 10.470 Lafayette LA 126,185 78,100,000 1,400,000 10 Oklahoma City OK 655,057 370,000,000 7,200,000 11 Lubbock TX 258,862 128,000,000 2,800,000 12 Peoria AZ 175,961 82,600,000 1,900,000 13 Surprise 141,664 65,100,000 1,500,000 AZ 14 Birmingham AL 209,403 121,000,000 2,200,000 15 Huntsville AL 200,574 121,000,000 2,100,000 10.394 10.338 10.251 10.214 10.068 10.055 10.032 9.838 9.781 9.772 9.730 9.729 9.620 9.601 16 Chattanooga TN 182,799 110,000,000 1,900,000 17 Chandler AZ 261,165 120,000,000 2,700,000 18 Thousand Oaks CA 126,813 58,800,000 1,300,000 19 Tempe AZ 195,805 89,800,000 2,000,000 20 Mobile AL 188,720 101,000,000 1,900,000 21 Waco TX 139,236 74,500,000 1,400,000 22 Amarillo TX 199,371 91,000,000 2,000,000 23 Gilbert AZ 254,114 110,000,000 2,500,000 24 Reno NV 255,601 113,000,000 2,500,000 25 McAllen TX 143,268 73,200,000 1,400,000 26 Odessa TX 123,334 56,500,000 1,200,000 27 Ontario CA 185,010 79,600,000 1,800,000 28 Shreveport 187,112 97,800,000 1,800,000 LA 29 Augusta GA 197,888 101,000,000 1,900,000 9.587 9.576 9.520 9.473 9.472 9.318 9.274 30 Midland TX 146,038 65,100,000 1,400,000 31 Тоpeka KS 125,310 66,400,000 1,200,000 32 Palm Bay FL 115,552 55,200,000 1,100,000 33 Salt Lake City UT 200,567 96,600,000 1,900,000 34 Tulsa OK 401,190 206,000,000 3,800,000 35 Fort Lauderdale FL 182,437 85,600,000 1,700,000 36 Stockton CA 312,697 143,000,000 2,900,000 9.232 9.123 37 Wichita KS 389,938 192,000,000 3,600,000 38 Tucson AZ 548,073 219,000,000 5,000,000 9.073 9.067 9.062 9.045 39 Mesa AZ 518,012 208,000,000 4,700,000 40 Montgomery AL 198,525 99,700,000 1,800,000 41 Knoxville TN 187,603 96,700,000 1,700,000 42 Orlando FL 287,442 135,000,000 2,600,000 43 New Orleans LA 390,144 190,000,000 3,500,000 8.971 44 Warren MI 133,943 74,800,000 1,200,000 8.959 45 Rockford IL 145,609 77,100,000 1,300,000 8.928 46 Fresno CA 531,576 226,000,000 4,700,000 8.842 47 Norman OK 124,880 55,800,000 1,100,000 8.808 48 Phoenix AZ 1,680,992 655,000,000 14,800,000 8.804 49 Наyward 159,203 66,000,000 1,400,000 8.794 CA 50 Simi Valley CA 125,613 49,500,000 1,100,000 8.757 TOTAL SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION POTENTIAL IN MEGAWATT-HOURS PER YEAR TOTAL SOLAR CAPACITY IN MEGAWATTS CA 15.500,000 AZ 14,800,000 TX 12,000,000 9,700,000 Los Angeles Houston TX 14,400 Phoenix Los Angeles CA 10,100 San Antonio Phoenix AZ 9,300 New York NY San Antonio TX 9,200 San Diego CA 9,000,000 New York NY 8,400 Jacksonville FL 7,900,000 San Diego CA 6,000 Dallas TX 7,300,000 Jacksonville FL 6,000 Oklahoma City OK 7,200,000 Chicago IL 5,800 Chicago IL 6,700,000 Dallas TX 5,500 Fort Worth TX 6,600,000 Indianapolis IN 5,400 Methodology: We compared solar data from Google's Project Sunroof for the 250 most populous U.S. cities to determine which cities have the highest solar energy production potential in megawatt-hours per year per capita. There was no data available for Alexandria, VA. So SolarPower.guide https://www.google.com/get/sunroof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population