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NREL
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's developer network helps developers access and use energy data via Web services, including renewable energy and alternative fuel data. NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.
Publisher: Troy Taylor, Hitachi Solutions
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to use this service.
Obtaining Credentials
You can sign up for an API key using this form.
Supported Operations
Get standard work specifications
Retrieve standard work specification details for home energy upgrades.
Get utility rates
This service returns annual average utility rates ($/kWH) for residential, commercial and industrial sectors as well as the local utility name for a specific location. This service does not return complex rate information.
Get utility rates by census region
Given a location and Census Bureau region level (block, blockgroup, tract), return the Census Bureau ID, utility rate and company information.
Query solar dataset
Returns information about data available for a given location for the solar resource database.
Get solar resource data
Returns various types of solar data for US locations. The service currently returns data for average Direct Normal Irradiance, average Global Horizontal Irradiance, and average Tilt at Latitude.
Get all alternative fuel stations
Return a full list of alternative fuel stations that match your query.
Get an alternative fuel station by ID
Fetch the details of a specific alternative fuel station given the station's ID.
Get nearest alternative fuel station
Return the nearest alternative fuel stations within a distance of a given location.
Known Issues and Limitations
There are no known issues at this time.