Axle Energy

Axle Energy operates a virtual power plant (VPP) platform that connects distributed energy assets — electric vehicles, EV chargers, home batteries, and heat pumps — to electricity flexibility markets through a single unified API. Partners (carmakers, charger and battery OEMs, HVAC suppliers, and utilities) register sites and assets, prequalify and enrol them in flex propositions, stream telemetry and plug/charge events, and let end users monetise shiftable demand. The API covers authentication, meter lookup (MPAN), sites, assets, telemetry/readings, rewards/payouts, validation, and half-hourly price curves, with markets live across Great Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. React/hosted UI components and a documented outbound dispatch webhook round out the developer surface.

Axle Energy publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including 1. Authentication API, 2. Meters API, 3. Sites API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Company, Energy, Flexibility, Virtual Power Plant, and Electric Vehicles.

The Axle Energy catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Axle Energy’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, authentication, and 16 more developer resources.

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44.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 33/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive Full breakdown ↓
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AccessSelf serve

1 published contract 2 Agent Skills

Company Energy Flexibility Virtual Power Plant Electric Vehicles Smart Charging Batteries Demand Response Grid Sustainability

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 44.8/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 11.0 / 15

Access Clarity 0.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.8 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.1 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 3.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 0.0 — up to +20.0 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 18.4 — up to +10.6 composite points
Contract Quality scores 60.1 — up to +10.0 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Energy and Utilities	undeclared	-	-	-
EV Charging (charging, roaming, e-mobility)	undeclared	-	-	-
LF Energy Projects and Members (grid, DER, EV charging open source)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Axle Energy 1. Authentication API

Authenticate yourself with the Axle API

Axle Energy 2. Meters API

Find key info about your sites

Axle Energy 3. Sites API

Axle Energy 4. Assets API

Axle Energy 5. Data API

Send asset metrics to Axle, for analysis and optimisation purposes

Axle Energy 6. Rewards API

Determine how much your users have earned by participating with Axle; allow balance withdrawal

Axle Energy 7. Validation API

Validate structured data against Axle's rules

Axle Energy 8. Examples API

Get example data for testing

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Axle 1. Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Axle 1. Authentication 2. Meters API

OPEN COLLECTION

Axle 1. Authentication 3. Sites API

OPEN COLLECTION

Axle 1. Authentication 4. Assets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Axle 1. Authentication 5. Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Axle 1. Authentication 6. Rewards API

OPEN COLLECTION

Axle 1. Authentication 7. Validation API

OPEN COLLECTION

Axle 1. Authentication 8. Examples API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Agent Skills 2

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Run EV smart-charging flexibility for an asset

AGENT SKILL

Onboard a site and enrol it in a flexibility market

AGENT SKILL

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Axle Energy Dispatch Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Axle Energy API Rules

58 rules · 47 errors 9 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Axle Energy Api Overlay

2 actions · update · axle-energy-openapi-original.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Axle Energy Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Axle Energy Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Axle Energy Agentic Access

55 operations · 30 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

55 operations · 30 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Idempotency

Idempotency

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Components

Components

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Deprecation

Deprecation

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: axle-energy
name: Axle Energy
description: Axle Energy operates a virtual power plant (VPP) platform that connects distributed energy assets — electric
  vehicles, EV chargers, home batteries, and heat pumps — to electricity flexibility markets through a single unified API.
  Partners (carmakers, charger and battery OEMs, HVAC suppliers, and utilities) register sites and assets, prequalify and
  enrol them in flex propositions, stream telemetry and plug/charge events, and let end users monetise shiftable demand. The
  API covers authentication, meter lookup (MPAN), sites, assets, telemetry/readings, rewards/payouts, validation, and half-hourly
  price curves, with markets live across Great Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. React/hosted
  UI components and a documented outbound dispatch webhook round out the developer surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/axle-energy/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6706a319ca966248529c44be/6a4dc6c17d68be5261e80f8d_OG.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- accel
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: live-openapi-and-developer-surface
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
x-docs-platform: mintlify
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-19
x-docs-hosting: vercel
tags:
- Company
- Energy
- Flexibility
- Virtual Power Plant
- Electric Vehicles
- Smart Charging
- Batteries
- Demand Response
- Grid
- Sustainability
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: axle-energy:axle-energy-1-authentication-api
  name: Axle Energy 1. Authentication API
  description: Authenticate yourself with the Axle API
  humanURL: https://docs.axle.energy/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.axle.energy
  tags:
  - 1. Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/axle-energy-1-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/axle-energy-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/axle-energy-data-model.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/axle-energy-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/axle-energy-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/axle-energy-conformance.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/axle-energy-dispatch-webhooks.yml
- aid: axle-energy:axle-energy-2-meters-api
  name: Axle Energy 2. Meters API
  description: Find key info about your sites
  humanURL: https://docs.axle.energy/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.axle.energy
  tags:
  - 2. Meters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/axle-energy-2-meters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/axle-energy-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/axle-energy-data-model.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/axle-energy-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/axle-energy-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/axle-energy-conformance.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/axle-energy-dispatch-webhooks.yml
- aid: axle-energy:axle-energy-3-sites-api
  name: Axle Energy 3. Sites API
  description: Register your sites with Axle; configure market participation
  humanURL: https://docs.axle.energy/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.axle.energy
  tags:
  - 3. Sites
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/axle-energy-3-sites-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/axle-energy-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/axle-energy-data-model.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/axle-energy-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/axle-energy-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/axle-energy-conformance.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/axle-energy-dispatch-webhooks.yml
- aid: axle-energy:axle-energy-4-assets-api
  name: Axle Energy 4. Assets API
  description: Register your assets with Axle
  humanURL: https://docs.axle.energy/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.axle.energy
  tags:
  - 4. Assets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/axle-energy-4-assets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/axle-energy-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/axle-energy-data-model.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/axle-energy-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/axle-energy-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/axle-energy-conformance.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/axle-energy-dispatch-webhooks.yml
- aid: axle-energy:axle-energy-5-data-api
  name: Axle Energy 5. Data API
  description: Send asset metrics to Axle, for analysis and optimisation purposes
  humanURL: https://docs.axle.energy/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.axle.energy
  tags:
  - 5. Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/axle-energy-5-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/axle-energy-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/axle-energy-data-model.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/axle-energy-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/axle-energy-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/axle-energy-conformance.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/axle-energy-dispatch-webhooks.yml
- aid: axle-energy:axle-energy-6-rewards-api
  name: Axle Energy 6. Rewards API
  description: Determine how much your users have earned by participating with Axle; allow balance withdrawal
  humanURL: https://docs.axle.energy/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.axle.energy
  tags:
  - 6. Rewards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/axle-energy-6-rewards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/axle-energy-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/axle-energy-data-model.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/axle-energy-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/axle-energy-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/axle-energy-conformance.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/axle-energy-dispatch-webhooks.yml
- aid: axle-energy:axle-energy-7-validation-api
  name: Axle Energy 7. Validation API
  description: Validate structured data against Axle's rules
  humanURL: https://docs.axle.energy/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.axle.energy
  tags:
  - 7. Validation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/axle-energy-7-validation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/axle-energy-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/axle-energy-data-model.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/axle-energy-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/axle-energy-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/axle-energy-conformance.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/axle-energy-dispatch-webhooks.yml
- aid: axle-energy:axle-energy-8-examples-api
  name: Axle Energy 8. Examples API
  description: Get example data for testing
  humanURL: https://docs.axle.energy/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.axle.energy
  tags:
  - 8. Examples
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/axle-energy-8-examples-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/axle-energy-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/axle-energy-data-model.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/axle-energy-sandbox.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/axle-energy-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/axle-energy-conformance.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/axle-energy-dispatch-webhooks.yml
common:
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/axle-energy-api-overlay.yaml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.axle.energy/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.axle.energy/introduction
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.axle.energy/api-reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.axle.energy/components/getting-started/introduction
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.axle.energy/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/axle-energy
- type: Support
  url: mailto:support@axle.energy
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/axle-energy-conventions.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/axle-energy-lifecycle.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/axle-energy-lifecycle.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/axle-energy-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/axle-energy-packages.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/axle-energy-components.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/axle-energy-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/axle-energy-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/axle-energy-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/axle-energy-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/axle-energy-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/axle-energy-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.axle.energy/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Axle Energy API — frequently asked questions

Does Axle Energy have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from Axle Energy, including Axle Energy 1. Authentication API, Axle Energy 2. Meters API and Axle Energy 3. Sites API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Axle Energy API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 8 OpenAPI specifications for Axle Energy, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Axle Energy API?

Axle Energy uses bearer-token authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Axle Energy Authentication.

Is the Axle Energy API ready for AI agents?

Axle Energy has a Kin Score of 44.8 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 33.2 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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