# Energy-Charts API

Category: [Energy and environment](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/open-data/energy/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/open-data/energy/energy-charts-api.html  
Documentation: https://api.energy-charts.info/

The Energy-Charts API from Fraunhofer ISE gives electricity data for Germany and other European countries: public power generation per source, prices on the day-ahead market, installed capacity and the share of renewables, for example to show when green electricity is cheapest. Responses are JSON. Free, no key needed.

- API key: Not needed
- Pricing: Free, no key needed.
- From the browser: No, call it from a server
- Formats: JSON
- Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider: api.energy-charts.info
- Last checked: Working on November 7th, 2026

Example request:

```sh
curl 'https://api.energy-charts.info/public_power?country=de'
```

Run the JavaScript on a server, such as Node.js 18 or newer: this API does not accept calls from web pages on other sites.