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About Electricity Maps
What is Electricity Maps?
Electricity Maps is the world's most comprehensive electricity data platform. It brings together historical data, live grid signals, and forecasts in one place, offering sustainability and power markets professionals clean, accurate, and structured grid data for integrating emissions insights and flexibility into products and services.
Problem Solved
Energy and sustainability teams often struggle to access reliable, real-time electricity data across multiple regions. Electricity Maps solves this by providing a single API that delivers carbon intensity, generation breakdown, load, and price signals for any zone globally, eliminating data fragmentation and manual aggregation.
Who It's For
This tool is built for sustainability professionals, energy traders, grid analysts, and product teams at forward-thinking companies who need to monitor, forecast, and optimize their exposure to energy markets. It is not designed for casual consumers seeking a basic home energy monitor—it is a professional-grade platform for organizations.
Real Use Cases
Companies use Electricity Maps API to automate carbon reporting, optimize EV charging schedules based on real-time grid carbon intensity, model energy costs using day-ahead price forecasts, and build smart home or industrial systems that shift load to cleaner or cheaper grid moments.
Key features
- Live & Forecast Grid Signals — Access real-time and forecasted data for electricity mix, carbon intensity, total load, net load, and interconnector flows in over 50 zones.
- Market Data — Wholesale electricity market price data, including day-ahead price signals, for risk management and trading strategies.
- Historical Data — Hourly and sub-hourly granularity (up to 5-minute intervals) for backtesting and retrospective analysis.
- Easy-to-Use API — RESTful API designed for quick integration into sustainability dashboards, energy management systems, and trading platforms.
- Free Interactive Map — Visualize real-time grid data across production and consumption layers, zoomable to zone level, at no cost.
- Customizable Bundles — Choose from individual signals or pre-configured bundles (Grid Signals, Sustainability Signals) to match specific data needs.
- 14-Day Free API Trial — Test the API with your region and preferred signals before committing, with no payment required.
SaaSpartout Score
7.6
/10
Editorial score from our review methodology — not user ratings.
Electricity Maps Pricing
Electricity Maps pricing: from €4,500/yr per signal.
Individual Signals (per country/year)
Day-Ahead Price — €6,000/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. Includes wholesale electricity market price data.
GridSignal - Electricity Mix — €6,000/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. Generation breakdown by source.
Interconnector Flows — €6,000/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. Cross-border import/export flows.
Total Load — €4,500/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. Total electricity consumption.
Net Load — €4,500/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. Load minus variable renewable generation.
Sustainability Signals
Carbon Intensity — €6,000/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. gCO₂eq/kWh.
Carbon-Free Energy — €4,500/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. % from carbon-free sources.
Renewable Energy — €4,500/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. % from renewable sources.
Bundles (Save vs. Separate)
All Grid Signals Bundle — €18,000/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. Save €3,000 vs. buying separately.
All Sustainability Signals Bundle — €12,000/yr (real-time); Custom for forecasts. Save €3,000 vs. buying separately.
All prices per country per year at hourly granularity. Custom options available for finer granularity (15-min or 5-min). 14-day free API trial available — no payment information required.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Electricity Maps cost?
Prices start at €4,500 per year per signal (e.g., Total Load or Net Load), with most signals at €6,000 per year. Bundles like All Grid Signals are €18,000/yr and All Sustainability Signals are €12,000/yr. All prices are per country per year at hourly granularity.
Is there a free trial for Electricity Maps?
Yes, Electricity Maps offers a 14-day free API trial. You can access data for your region and signals of interest before committing, with no payment information required.
What does Electricity Maps do?
Electricity Maps is an electricity data platform that provides historical, real-time, and forecasted grid signals including carbon intensity, generation mix, load, and wholesale prices. It helps sustainability and energy professionals integrate emissions insights and flexibility into their products and operations.
Who is Electricity Maps for?
It is designed for sustainability professionals, energy traders, power markets analysts, and product teams at companies that need to monitor, forecast, or optimize energy usage and carbon impact. It is not for casual home users.
What are the top alternatives to Electricity Maps?
Alternatives include WattTime, Singularity Energy, EIA Open Data, and Ember Climate. However, Electricity Maps is distinctive for its combination of real-time, forecast, and historical signals across 50+ zones with both sustainability and power market data.
Does Electricity Maps offer real-time data?
Yes, it offers real-time signals for all core data types including carbon intensity, generation mix, load, net load, interconnector flows, and day-ahead prices. Forecast and custom granularity data are also available.
