National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developer network provides a catalog of public APIs that give developers access to renewable energy, alternative fuel, electricity, building, climate, solar, wind, and transportation data and analysis services produced by NREL.

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NREL Developer Network

The umbrella developer portal for NREL APIs spanning alternative fuel stations, solar resource and PV modeling, utility rates, building energy use, climate, electricity, transpo...

Alternative Fuel Stations

Locate alternative fuel stations across the United States with filters for fuel type, location, status, and access.

PVWatts

Estimate the energy production and cost of grid-connected photovoltaic energy systems for any location.

Utility Rates

Average commercial, industrial, and residential utility rates by US location.

Solar Resource Data

Average direct normal, global horizontal, and tilt at latitude irradiance for a US location.

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opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
  name: NREL Developer Network APIs
  version: 1.0.0
request:
  auth:
    type: apikey
    key: api_key
    value: '{{api_key}}'
    placement: query
items:
- info:
    name: Search alternative fuel stations
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://developer.nrel.gov/api/alt-fuel-stations/v1.json
    params:
    - name: fuel_type
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Comma-separated list (e.g., ELEC,LPG,CNG).
    - name: state
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: zip
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: status
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: access
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: limit
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Retrieve alternative fuel station records with filters for fuel type, state, location, and access.
- info:
    name: Find nearest alternative fuel stations
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://developer.nrel.gov/api/alt-fuel-stations/v1/nearest.json
    params:
    - name: location
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Address or place name.
    - name: latitude
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: longitude
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: radius
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Search radius in miles.
    - name: fuel_type
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Find nearest alternative fuel stations
- info:
    name: PVWatts solar PV system production estimate
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://developer.nrel.gov/api/pvwatts/v8.json
    params:
    - name: system_capacity
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: System size in kW DC.
    - name: module_type
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: losses
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: array_type
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: tilt
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: azimuth
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: address
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: lat
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: lon
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: timeframe
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Estimate the energy production of grid-connected photovoltaic systems for any location.
- info:
    name: Utility electricity rates by location
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://developer.nrel.gov/api/utility_rates/v3.json
    params:
    - name: address
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: lat
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: lon
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Lookup average commercial, industrial, and residential utility rates for a given location.
- info:
    name: Solar resource data
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://developer.nrel.gov/api/solar/solar_resource/v1.json
    params:
    - name: address
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: lat
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: lon
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Average direct normal, global horizontal, and tilt at latitude irradiance for a US location.
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