Query global electricity generation mix and country-level power sector data using Ember's public data API
domain: ember-energy.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Request a free API key by email via ember-energy.org/data/api/.
Query yearly/monthly generation-by-fuel-type data via generation_yearly/generation_monthly tables, and country summaries via country_overview_yearly/country_overview_monthly.
Use country-specific subnational tables (e.g. generation_usa_monthly, generation_ind_monthly) where available for finer breakdowns.
Query electricity price data via price_monthly and day_ahead_price_monthly tables.
Fall back to CSV exports from the Data Explorer at ember-energy.org/data/electricity-data-explorer/ if programmatic access isn't needed.
Known gotchas
The API documentation and endpoints are still hosted on the legacy domain api.ember-climate.org even though the organization's public site rebranded to ember-energy.org — the docs did not migrate with the rebrand.
Yearly data covers roughly 223 countries/regions but monthly data only covers a smaller subset (roughly 88) — check coverage before assuming monthly granularity for a given country.
No numeric rate limit is published — test conservatively and confirm current limits directly with Ember before building high-volume jobs.
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