ENTSO-E European Power Market Scraper - Prices & Generation
ENTSO-E European Power Market Scraper
Pull EU electricity-market data from the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform REST API. Extracts day-ahead prices, actual load, generation by fuel type (nuclear, gas, wind, solar, hydro), cross-border physical flows, and installed capacity across all 61 EU bidding zones.
The actor calls https://web-api.tp.entsoe.eu/api directly — no browser rendering, no proxy required, no API key or signup on your side. The API returns XML in IEC 62325 format; the actor parses it into flat time-series rows ready for spreadsheet or database ingestion.
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
datasetType |
select | day_ahead_price |
Dataset to fetch: day_ahead_price, actual_load, actual_generation_by_type, installed_capacity_by_type, or cross_border_flow. |
biddingZones |
string list | (all 20 major zones) | EIC codes or short labels (e.g. DE_LU, FR, NL, IT_NORD, NO_4). Leave empty to query all 20 major zones. |
periodFrom |
string | 24 hours ago | UTC start of the query window. ISO 8601 format: 2026-05-01T00:00Z or 2026-05-01. |
periodTo |
string | now | UTC end of the query window. ISO 8601 format: 2026-05-02T00:00Z or 2026-05-02. |
maxItems |
integer | 10 |
Maximum number of time-series rows to return. Set to 0 for unlimited. |
Supported Datasets
| Dataset | ENTSO-E Code | Typical Resolution | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day-Ahead Price | A44 | PT60M / PT15M | EUR/MWh prices published daily by 13:00 CET for the next day |
| Actual Total Load | A65 | PT60M / PT15M | Realised system load with ~1h lag |
| Actual Generation by Type | A75 | PT60M / PT15M | Realised generation per fuel type (nuclear, gas, wind, solar, hydro, etc.) |
| Installed Capacity by Type | A68 | PT60M / monthly | Installed capacity per fuel type — rarely changes |
| Cross-Border Physical Flow | A88 | PT60M | Net directional MW flow between adjacent zones |
Bidding Zone Labels
The actor accepts both short labels and raw EIC codes:
| Short Label | EIC Code | Zone |
|---|---|---|
DE_LU |
10YDE-VE-------2 |
Germany + Luxembourg |
FR |
10YFR-RTE------C |
France |
NL |
10YNL----------L |
Netherlands |
BE |
10YBE----------2 |
Belgium |
ES |
10YES-REE------0 |
Spain |
IT_NORD |
10YIT-GRTN-----B |
Italy North |
NO_4 |
10YNO-4--------9 |
Norway 4 |
Leave biddingZones empty to query the 20 major EU zones automatically.
Output Schema
Each dataset row is a flat object with fields relevant to the requested dataset type. Fields not applicable to the dataset type are omitted.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
dataset_type |
string | One of: day_ahead_price, actual_load, actual_generation_by_type, installed_capacity_by_type, cross_border_flow |
bidding_zone |
string | EIC code of the bidding zone |
bidding_zone_label |
string | Human-readable label (e.g. DE_LU, FR) |
period_start |
string | UTC start of the interval (ISO 8601) |
period_end |
string | UTC end of the interval (ISO 8601) |
resolution |
string | PT60M (hourly) or PT15M (15-minute) |
market |
string | day_ahead, actual, installed_capacity, or cross_border |
price_eur_per_mwh |
number | Day-ahead price in EUR/MWh (day_ahead_price only) |
generation_mw |
number | Actual generation in MW (actual_generation_by_type only) |
installed_capacity_mw |
number | Installed capacity in MW (installed_capacity_by_type only) |
actual_load_mw |
number | Actual total load in MW (actual_load only) |
flow_mw |
number | Cross-border flow in MW, positive = net export from in_area to out_area (cross_border_flow only) |
production_type |
string | Fuel/technology label (e.g. Nuclear, Fossil_Gas, Wind_Onshore, Solar) (generation/capacity only) |
in_area |
string | Source zone EIC code (cross_border_flow only) |
out_area |
string | Destination zone EIC code (cross_border_flow only) |
currency |
string | Always EUR |
scraped_at |
string | UTC fetch timestamp (ISO 8601) |
Use Cases
- Energy trading and analytics — Pull day-ahead price curves for arbitrage analysis or portfolio valuation across all CWE/Nordic/Iberian zones
- Grid operations research — Analyse actual load vs. generation by fuel mix for a given zone and time window
- Carbon footprint modeling — Combine generation-by-type data with emission factors for real-time or historical carbon intensity estimates
- Academic research — Download multi-year historical data for econometric or ML studies on European electricity markets
- Cross-border flow monitoring — Track hourly MW flows on interconnectors for congestion analysis
Limits
400 requests per minute is shared across all concurrent runs of this actor. Heavy back-fill jobs over many zones may queue.
For zones / periods that return no data (HTTP 400 "No matching data found"), this is normal — the zone simply doesn't publish that dataset for that window.