Introduction

OpenElectricity (formerly OpenNEM) is a platform for tracking and visualizing energy data from across Australia.

The OpenElectricity project aims to make energy network data accessible to a wider audience of users and developersthrough a website portal and data access API’s and tools.

The OpenElectricity project consists of two major components: the website and the API platform.

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Website

The OpenElectricity website is a public website that provides a tracker for energy data from across Australia.

• Explore energy data from across Australia
• Facilities: Map of Australian power station facilities and their data.
• Compare regions - Compare energy data across regions.
• Stripes - A visualization of the energy data history.
• Emissions - Visualisation of Australia’s emissions.

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API Platform

• OpenElectricity Platform - Signup for access to the API platform (docs).
• Python client library - Python client library for the OpenElectricity API (docs).
• TypeScript client library - TypeScript client library for the OpenElectricity API (docs).

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Supported Data Sets

Currently supported electricity networks and data sources:

• NEM - Australia National Electricity Market - energy network data for Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory
• WEM - Australia Western Electricity Market - energy network data for Western Australia
• APVI - APVI - Rooftop solar data for Australia
• BoM - Bureau of Meteorology - weather data for Australia

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About OpenElectricity

OpenElecricity is a project of The Superpower Institute, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to accelerating the transition to a clean energy future. All code is open source and licensed under the MIT License. All data is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Next Steps

Follow the next steps based on being a user of OpenElectricity, a developer using the API or a developer looking to contribute to the project.