# National Renewable Energy Laboratory

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/  
**Website:** https://www.nrel.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 8

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.

## Kin Score — 28.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 28.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 48.6 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 8.1 (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

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

## APIs (8)

- **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.
- **National Renewable Energy Laboratory Alt Fuel Stations API** — The Alt Fuel Stations API from National Renewable Energy Laboratory — 2 operation(s) for alt fuel stations.
- **National Renewable Energy Laboratory Pvwatts API** — The Pvwatts API from National Renewable Energy Laboratory — 1 operation(s) for pvwatts.
- **National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar API** — The Solar API from National Renewable Energy Laboratory — 1 operation(s) for solar.
- **National Renewable Energy Laboratory Utility Rates API** — The Utility Rates API from National Renewable Energy Laboratory — 1 operation(s) for utility rates.

## Agentic access (1)

- **National Renewable Energy Laboratory Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (1)

- **National Renewable Energy Laboratory Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme

## Plans (1)

- **National Renewable Energy Laboratory Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Energy, Renewable Energy, Federal-Government, Climate, Research

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