# Department of Energy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/department-of-energy/  
**Website:** https://www.energy.gov  
**APIs profiled:** 18

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provides extensive open data and APIs across its national laboratories and program offices. Notable APIs are published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) for energy statistics, the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) for research and publications, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, rebranding as NLR) developer network for renewables and alternative fuels, and the Buildings Performance Database (BPD).

## Kin Score — 35.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 54.5 |
| Governance | 15.2 |
| Contract Governance | 15.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 28.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (18)

- **OSTI DOE PAGES API** — The DOE PAGES (Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science) REST API provides programmatic access to publications resulting from DOE-funded research, hosted by the Office of Sc...
- **OSTI ELINK API** — The OSTI ELINK API is the Office of Scientific and Technical Information's submission and retrieval interface for DOE research records. It supports submission of metadata and fu...
- **NREL/NLR Developer Network APIs** — The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, transitioning to NLR) Developer Network publishes a portfolio of REST APIs covering solar resource and PV simulation, alternative...
- **Buildings Performance Database API** — The Buildings Performance Database (BPD) is a DOE repository of anonymized empirical performance records for commercial and residential buildings. The BPD API allows partners to...
- **Department of Energy Open Data Catalog** — The DOE participates in Data.gov by publishing thousands of dataset records under the doe-gov organization. These datasets cover energy consumption, generation, environmental im...
- **Department of Energy Aeo API** — The Aeo API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for aeo.
- **Department of Energy Co2 Emissions API** — The Co2 Emissions API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for co2 emissions.
- **Department of Energy Coal API** — The Coal API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for coal.
- **Department of Energy EIA Open Data API V2 API** — The EIA Open Data API V2 API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for eia open data api v2.
- **Department of Energy Electricity API** — The Electricity API from Department of Energy — 2 operation(s) for electricity.
- **Department of Energy International API** — The International API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for international.
- **Department of Energy Natural Gas API** — The Natural Gas API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for natural gas.
- **Department of Energy Nuclear Outages API** — The Nuclear Outages API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for nuclear outages.
- **Department of Energy Petroleum API** — The Petroleum API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for petroleum.
- **Department of Energy Seds API** — The Seds API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for seds.
- **Department of Energy Seriesid API** — The Seriesid API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for seriesid.
- **Department of Energy Steo API** — The Steo API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for steo.
- **Department of Energy Total Energy API** — The Total Energy API from Department of Energy — 1 operation(s) for total energy.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Department Of Energy Agentic Access** — 14 operations

## Security (2)

- **Department Of Energy Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Department Of Energy Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Department Of Energy Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Buildings, Electricity, Energy, Federal-Government, Open Data, Renewables, Research, Solar, Statistics

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