Electricity Maps

Overview

Electricity Maps sells grid data rather than software subscriptions: each signal is licensed per country per year at hourly granularity, with real-time and forecast variants. The sustainability group covers carbon intensity in grams of CO2 equivalent per kilowatt-hour, the share of consumption from carbon-free sources and the share from renewables, priced at €6,000, €4,500 and €4,500 per country per year, with an all grid signals bundle at €18,000. Grid signals add electricity mix, interconnector flows, total load and net load. A 14-day API trial needs no payment details, real-time data carries three months of trailing history, and finer resolution is arranged with sales. A public methodology page documents how the numbers are derived.

Editorial verdict

One of the few grid data products with prices on the page, which makes it easy to scope: the carbon intensity signal costs €6,000 per country per year, the carbon-free and renewable share signals €4,500 each, and the all grid signals bundle is €18,000. That framing suits a buyer comparing a build against a licence, and the 14-day trial without payment details lowers the cost of testing coverage in the markets that matter. The limits are the pricing unit, per country, and the history window, three months of trailing data in real time, so a long backtest needs a separate arrangement. Methodology is published, which is the first thing to read.

Written by the GreenAIX editors from the recorded fields above. Vendors do not review or approve verdicts.

Use cases

• Shift compute or charging to lower-carbon hours
• Report hourly carbon-free energy share
• Forecast grid carbon intensity for scheduling
• Add grid price signals to an energy model

Sources

• Electricity Maps pricing
• Electricity Maps home