Electricity Maps

Electricity Maps offers businesses the carbon intensity data they need to take action to lower their carbon footprint and provide green options. The service offers real-time, historical and forecasted data for more than 230 regions, so customers can make energy decisions.

Electricity Maps is useful for consumer engagement, carbon reporting and energy management. Among its features:

• Actionable electricity data: Carbon intensity, power mix and renewable percentage data.
• Powerful API: Use data in products and services so end-users can take action.
• Deep data insights: Historical, real-time and forecasted carbon intensity, grid consumption mix and renewable energy data.
• Open public data: Real-time visualizations and historical data available for free through the app and Data Portal.

Customers can use Electricity Maps data for:

• User engagement: Build B2C interfaces with real-time electricity data to give customers more control.
• Optimal energy usage: Run energy-hungry operations when it's clean and cheap.
• Carbon reporting: Offer detailed carbon footprint reports to business customers or internal stakeholders.

Electricity Maps offers a free trial for commercial API access. Pricing starts at €500 per month per zone, with discounts for regional and global bundles. There's also a free API option for non-commercial, personal or research projects, with limited access to real-time data.

The service is designed to accommodate a variety of use cases, including load shifting and carbon-free energy reporting. Case studies detail how companies like Google, Reel, Spirii and FlexiDAO have used Electricity Maps data to advance sustainability and optimize energy use.

Electricity Maps believes it's crucial to have a broad, global service and high-quality data, with a community of contributors working to improve the accuracy and transparency of its data. That helps companies and researchers make better decisions and develop better plans to cut their carbon footprint.

Published on June 26, 2024