specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Electricity Maps
providerId: electricitymaps
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Energy
- Carbon Intensity
- Electricity
- Grid
- Sustainability
- Plans
description: >-
  Electricity Maps offers a free, personal, non-commercial tier that grants an
  API key for limited zones and endpoints (carbon intensity and power breakdown
  latest/history), plus a commercial offering sold per data signal and per zone.
  Commercial pricing is signal-based - sustainability signals (carbon intensity)
  and market/grid signals (electricity mix, prices, flows) are licensed annually,
  with bundle, regional, volume, and startup discounts. A time-limited free trial
  is available for evaluating commercial signals.
notes: >-
  Free-tier limits, zone coverage, and exact commercial signal prices are not
  reconciled here. Verify current free-tier scope on the API portal and request a
  commercial quote from Electricity Maps sales during reconciliation. Published
  figures below are indicative and subject to change.
sources:
- https://www.electricitymaps.com/pricing
- https://portal.electricitymaps.com/docs/api
- https://help.electricitymaps.com/en/articles/13168690-understanding-and-using-the-electricity-maps-api
plans:
- id: electricitymaps-free
  name: Free Personal Tier
  type: free
  description: >-
    Free, non-commercial API key for personal and evaluation use, with access to
    a limited set of zones and endpoints. Obtained by signing up to the Free Tier
    product on the Electricity Maps API portal.
  entries:
  - label: Carbon Intensity & Power Breakdown (limited zones)
    name: free_access
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: limited
    unit: 1
    price: free (non-commercial)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Carbon Intensity (latest/history)
  - name: Power Breakdown (latest/history)
  - name: Zones
  - name: Health
- id: electricitymaps-trial
  name: Commercial Free Trial
  type: trial
  description: >-
    Time-limited trial of commercial signals for your region and signals of
    interest, with no payment information required, to evaluate before committing.
  entries:
  - label: Trial Access
    name: trial
    type: trial
    metric: days
    limit: 14
    timeFrame: day
    geo: selected
    unit: 1
    price: free during trial window
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Selected Signals
  - name: Selected Zones
- id: electricitymaps-commercial
  name: Commercial Signals
  type: subscription
  description: >-
    Per-signal commercial licensing of grid and sustainability data, priced
    annually per signal with bundle, regional, volume, and startup discounts.
    Includes 3 months trailing history and 24-72 hour forecasts; extended
    historical data and sub-hourly granularity available on request.
  entries:
  - label: Sustainability Signal (carbon intensity)
    name: signal_sustainability
    type: flat
    metric: signal
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: indicative ~EUR 6,000 / year per signal (verify with sales)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Market / Grid Signal (electricity mix, prices, flows)
    name: signal_market_grid
    type: flat
    metric: signal
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: indicative ~EUR 6,000 / year per signal (verify with sales)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Load / Percentage Signal (total load, net load, renewable %, carbon-free %)
    name: signal_load_percentage
    type: flat
    metric: signal
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: indicative ~EUR 4,500 / year per signal (verify with sales)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Signal Bundle
    name: signal_bundle
    type: flat
    metric: bundle
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: bundle discounts available (verify with sales)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Carbon Intensity
  - name: Power Breakdown / Electricity Mix
  - name: Power Consumption & Production
  - name: Forecast
  - name: Zones
- id: electricitymaps-enterprise
  name: Enterprise & Custom
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Custom arrangements for extended historical data (2017 onward), sub-hourly
    granularity, large zone coverage, and volume commitments, with startup
    discounts for smaller companies. Contact Electricity Maps sales.
  entries:
  - label: Custom Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Extended Historical Data
  - name: Sub-Hourly Granularity
  - name: Custom Zone Coverage
  - name: Startup Discount
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com