Open Electricity Platform
Australia's Energy Data Platform, For Developers
Access real-time and historical energy data from across Australia's electricity grid. Built for teams that need reliable, well-documented APIs and clear usage tooling.
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Overview
Built to reflect the grid
A developer-first platform designed for stability, observability, and clear data access.
Comprehensive Data
- Power, energy, emissions, market price, demand and renewable proportion
- Every technology from coal to solar
- Historical records going back to 1999
Live Grid Data
- Sub-100ms API responses
- Data updated every 5 minutes from AEMO dispatch intervals
- Build real-time dashboards and trading tools with confidence
Use cases
Built for teams across the energy sector
Hobbyists & makers
Live Dashboards & Home Automation
Build Raspberry Pi displays, Home Assistant integrations, and personal energy monitors with live grid data and carbon intensity for your region.
Energy traders & analysts
Energy Trading & Forecasting
Build trading models with real-time generation, demand and price data across all NEM regions. Backtest strategies against historical dispatch intervals.
Grid operators & network planners
Grid & Network Planning
Monitor prices, generation, interconnector flows and more data to model network capacity and plan infrastructure investment.
Academics & policy advisors
Research & Policy Analysis
Access decades of generation mix, emissions intensity and renewable penetration data for peer-reviewed research and policy evaluation.
Journalists & media
Data Journalism & Reporting
Source live and historical data for fact-checking energy claims, building interactive visualisations and reporting on the transition.
Integration
Integration SDKs
Get started quickly with official client libraries for Python and TypeScript.
Python
Official Python client for the OpenElectricity API.
pip install openelectricityTypeScript
Official TypeScript client for the OpenElectricity API.
npm install openelectricityBuilt with Open Electricity
Projects by the community
Buzz
Buzz — Australia Power Generation
A live, minimalist view of the current Australian electricity grid showing the real-time split between renewable, fossil, and battery sources.
by macbryla
Coalwatch
Coalwatch — Australia's Coal Fleet
An overview of Australia's operational coal facilities, tracking capacity, status, and output across the NEM using Open Electricity data.
by nik
Electricity Maps
Electricity Maps — Live Carbon Intensity
A global live map of electricity carbon intensity by region. Australia's data is sourced from Open Electricity, showing real-time emissions per kWh across NEM regions.
by Electricity Maps
Access
Start building with energy data
Create an account to generate keys, track usage, and collaborate on energy applications.