How to Access the Electricity Maps API and Understanding Regional Restrictions
Electricity Maps provides API access to users based on their intended use while ensuring data availability is aligned with security and accuracy considerations. Below is a comprehensive guide to help you understand how to gain access and navigate any restrictions that might apply.
Overview of API Access
Electricity Maps' API offers data access for various purposes, including academic research, commercial use, and personal or home automation projects. However, access is subject to specific eligibility requirements and, in some cases, geographic limitations.
Eligibility and Access Categories
1. Commercial Use
For commercial users:
We offer a 14-day free trial of the API. Sign up here.
Clearly state your intended commercial application during the activation process so we can better help shape a solution for you.
Whenever you're ready, get in touch with us to get started with a commercial license
2. Academic Use
For academic researchers:
Sign up using your institutional email address (e.g., an email ending in .edu or similar).
After registering with an academic email, you will be automatically granted access to academic data.
Academic access includes: API access to all signals in historical and real-time temporalities. Forecast data is available for sustainability signals only (Carbon Intensity, Carbon-Free Energy %, Renewable Energy %). Datasets include historical data for sustainability signals only. See Academic data access and availability.
3. Personal or Home Automation
For personal use, including home automation tools like Home Assistant:
Explore the app and sign up for free to access additional features like forecasts in the map.
Under your account, you can activate a Home Assistant license and get an API key specifically for Home Assistant usage.