# EU Power Dispatch API – German System Load (SMARD)

> EU Power Dispatch API – German System Load (SMARD) is a paid API for AI agents from energy.halowerk.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the latest German electricity system load data sourced from SMARD for grid-monitoring and dispatch agents.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://energy.halowerk.com/grid/load
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eu-power-dispatch-api-german-system-load-smard-2c5d74b5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ekXVJmTGfWt93m1ADY2r5

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability eu-power-dispatch-api-german-system-load-smard-2c5d74b5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current system load on the German electricity grid right now? Pull the latest SMARD data for me.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need the latest real-time German electricity system load from the official SMARD data source, particularly for grid-monitoring agents, battery dispatch systems, or any workflow that requires current German power consumption figures. Prefer this over general energy APIs when SMARD-sourced German load data specifically is required.

## Known failure modes

- SMARD data feed unavailable or delayed — endpoint may return stale or error response
- Invalid request body or missing required fields — returns 400 bad request
- Payment not included or insufficient — returns 402 payment required challenge
- Rate limiting or upstream API outage — returns 503 or timeout
- Data temporarily unavailable during grid reporting gaps

## How this service works

Grid-monitoring and dispatch agents buy this endpoint to obtain the latest German system load from SMARD.

## Output

The endpoint returns the latest German electricity system load figure from SMARD, including the current consumption value and associated timestamp, enabling agents to assess real-time demand conditions on the German power grid.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {},
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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