The Energy Information Administration collects statistics on energy generation, distribution and consumption in the United States. Their new APIs provide developers easy access to EIA’s extensive data on electricity, petroleum, natural gas, and more.
Discover data and resources on key energy topics like alternative fuels, green buildings, efficiency, and managing energy in your own home.
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December 23, 2013
.@ENERGY has announced the winners of Contest #1 in the American Energy Data Challenge. Check out the great ideas: http://energychallenge.energy.gov
Pursuing Open Data at the Department of Energy
At the Department of Energy, we focus on using transformative science and technology solutions to ensure America’s security and prosperity. Data is a key ingredient to this mission, which is why we are so excited about the Open Data movement. … Continued
Home Energy Score API
The Home Energy Score is designed to provide a rapid low-cost opportunity assessment of a home’s fixed energy systems (also known as an “asset rating”) and provide the home owner with general feedback on the systems that potentially need more … Continued
Introducing the American Energy Data Challenge
We are a nation built on American ingenuity. With that in mind, the Department of Energy — in collaboration with the Presidential Innovation Fellows — is launching the American Energy Data Challenge , inviting the public to use energy data to do amazing things in support of the White … Continued
The Energy Data Initiative
To help harness the power of American ingenuity to solve our pressing energy challenges, the Obama Administration has launched the Energy Data Initiative. The Energy Data Initiative is an Administration-wide effort to “liberate” government data and voluntarily contributed non-government data … Continued