ENTSO-E

name: ENTSO-E
description: European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) provides the Transparency Platform
  REST API, a synchronous RESTful interface for accessing pan-European electricity market data. The API delivers datasets
  covering load forecasts, actual generation per type and per plant, installed generation capacity, day-ahead prices, cross-border
  flows, scheduled exchanges, transfer capacities, balancing data, hydro storage, outage information, and congestion management
  data. Data is collected from Transmission System Operators, power exchanges, and qualified third-party providers across
  Europe in compliance with EU Regulation 543/2013.
image: https://www.entsoe.eu/assets/images/entsoe-logo.png
tags:
- Energy
- Electricity
- European Union
- Transparency
- Market Data
- Generation
- Transmission
- Load Forecasting
- Day-Ahead Prices
- Cross-Border Flows
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/entsoe/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- name: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform REST API
  description: Synchronous RESTful interface for accessing European electricity market data including load, generation, transmission,
    balancing, outages, congestion management, and system operations datasets. Authentication requires a security token obtained
    by registering on the Transparency Platform and emailing transparency@entsoe.eu. The API accepts GET requests with query
    parameters and returns XML responses.
  humanURL: https://transparency.entsoe.eu/
  baseURL: https://web-api.tp.entsoe.eu/api
  tags:
  - Electricity Market Data
  - Load Data
  - Generation Data
  - Transmission Data
  - Balancing Data
  - Day-Ahead Prices
  - Cross-Border Flows
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://transparency.entsoe.eu/content/static_content/Static%20content/web%20api/Guide.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/7009892/2s93JtP3F6
  - type: PythonClient
    url: https://github.com/EnergieID/entsoe-py
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/entsoe/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/entsoe/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/entsoe/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  contact:
  - FN: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform Support
    email: transparency@entsoe.eu
  meta:
  - key: authentication
    value: API key (securityToken query parameter or Authorization Bearer header)
  - key: format
    value: XML (also ZIP for some datasets)
  - key: registration
    value: Free registration required at transparency.entsoe.eu; email transparency@entsoe.eu with subject "Restful API access"
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.entsoe.eu/
- type: TransparencyPlatform
  url: https://transparency.entsoe.eu/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://transparency.entsoe.eu/content/static_content/Static%20content/web%20api/Guide.html
- type: KnowledgeBase
  url: https://transparencyplatform.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/EnergieID/entsoe-py
- type: PostmanDocumentation
  url: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/7009892/2s93JtP3F6
- type: Registration
  url: https://transparency.entsoe.eu/usrm/user/createPublicUser
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.entsoe.eu/contact/
- type: About
  url: https://www.entsoe.eu/about/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://transparency.entsoe.eu/content/static_content/Static%20content/web%20api/Guide.html
- type: Email
  url: mailto:transparency@entsoe.eu
modified: '2026-06-13'
maintainers:
- FN: API Evangelist
  email: info@apievangelist.com