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Access the best electricity data for your use case

Get real-time, historical, and forecasted electricity data — all through the Electricity Maps API. Our data powers sustainability insights, carbon accounting, and energy-aware applications around the world.

Get real-time, historical, and forecasted electricity data, all through the Electricity Maps API. Our data powers sustainability insights, carbon accounting, and electricity-aware applications around the world.

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Carbon Intensity
Total Load
Day-ahead market price
Electricity Flows
Forecast: day-ahead market price
Renewable Percentage
Electricity Mix
Carbon-Free %
Net Load

Net Load
Carbon-Free Percentage
Electricity Mix
Renewable Percentage
Forecast: day-ahead market price
Electricity Flows
Day-ahead market price
Total Load
Carbon Intensity

Total Load
Day-ahead market price
Electricity Flows
Forecast: day-ahead market price
Renewable Percentage
Electricity Mix
Carbon-Free %
Net Load
Carbon Intensity

Key signals with global coverage

We provide best-in-class global and temporal coverage for commercial applications that reduce environmental footprints and increase competitiveness

Global electricity data

Choose from 350+ electricity zones worldwide, each mapped to a data-quality tier to show accuracy and completeness.

8y historic

Real-time

72h-ahead

8y historic

Historic, real-time & forecasted

Access full temporal coverage across historic, real-time and forecasted data, keeping you up-to-date with live changes and ahead with forecasts up to 72 hours into the future.

Signal overview

Global Coverage

Carbon Intensity

CO₂ emissions per unit of electricity (gCO₂eq/kWh)

Carbon Intensity

CO₂ emissions per unit of electricity (gCO₂eq/kWh)

Carbon Intensity

CO₂ emissions per unit of electricity (gCO₂eq/kWh)

Carbon-Free Percentage

Carbon-free (renewables + nuclear) share of electricity

Carbon-Free Percentage

Carbon-free (renewables + nuclear) share of electricity

Carbon-Free Percentage

Carbon-free (renewables + nuclear) share of electricity

Renewable Percentage

Share of electricity from renewable sources only

Renewable Percentage

Share of electricity from renewable sources only

Renewable Percentage

Share of electricity from renewable sources only

Electricity Flows

Power exchanged between connected grids (MW)

Electricity Flows

Power exchanged between connected grids (MW)

Electricity Flows

Power exchanged between connected grids (MW)

Total Load

Total electricity consumption in a grid

Total Load

Total electricity consumption in a grid

Total Load

Total electricity consumption in a grid

Net Load

Total Load minus variable renewable generation

Net Load

Total Load minus variable renewable generation

Net Load

Total Load minus variable renewable generation

Electricity Mix

Share of each energy source in consumption and generation

Electricity Mix

Share of each energy source in consumption and generation

Electricity Mix

Share of each energy source in consumption and generation

European Coverage

Day-Ahead Market Price

Official market price for the next day (Europe-only)

Day-Ahead Market Price

Official market price for the next day (Europe-only)

Day-Ahead Forecasted Price

Forecast of the day-ahead market price

Day-Ahead Forecasted Price

Forecast of the day-ahead market price

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Granularity

Day-Ahead Market Price

Historical

2017 - 2024

2017 - 2025

Real-time

2024

Forecast

72h

Day-Ahead Market Price

15m

Hourly

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

Yearly

Best-in-class data quality

If you're looking for the best data quality, traceability, coverage & completeness, then look no further.

Real-time validation

Automated validation checks every data point within minutes, flagging anomalies and correcting errors before they reach you.

Continuous refinement

Data is automatically refetched and updated over time, ensuring values stabilize quickly and reflect the most accurate state.

Independent verification

Our models are benchmarked against trusted global institutions, consistently matching their results with industry-leading accuracy.

Complete lineage tracking

Every data point comes with full provenance metadata, enabling transparent audits and verifiable reporting.

Complete lineage tracking

Every data point comes with full provenance metadata, enabling transparent audits and verifiable reporting.

Version control

All historical datasets are fully versioned, letting you access or reproduce any past dataset with complete confidence.

Version control

All historical datasets are fully versioned, letting you access or reproduce any past dataset with complete confidence.

99.98% historical completeness

Our global datasets maintain near-perfect completeness, with real-time delays typically under one hour.

99.98% historical completeness

Our global datasets maintain near-perfect completeness, with real-time delays typically under one hour.

Global reach, local precision

Access electricity data worldwide, with granular detail down to individual grid operators and 5-minute intervals.

Global reach, local precision

Access electricity data worldwide, with granular detail down to individual grid operators and 5-minute intervals.

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