Introduction
An Introduction to OpenElectricity
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.
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.
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).
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 TerritoryWEM- Australia Western Electricity Market - energy network data for Western AustraliaAPVI- APVI - Rooftop solar data for AustraliaBoM- Bureau of Meteorology - weather data for Australia
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.
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.