# Netzhandwerker Energy Research Hub – Deep Research

> Netzhandwerker Energy Research Hub – Deep Research is a paid API for AI agents from energy.netzhandwerker.de, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-04).

Retrieves live electricity prices, carbon intensity, grid load, renewable share, flexibility windows, battery arbitrage signals, trading signals, and ESG data for energy-aware autonomous agents.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://energy.netzhandwerker.de/research/deep
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-04
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/netzhandwerker-energy-research-hub-deep-research-f36baa1a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_c1uSRoMCoAC-Unw7yicBt

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 netzhandwerker-energy-research-hub-deep-research-f36baa1a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Look up the current electricity prices, carbon intensity, and any battery arbitrage or flexibility windows available for the German grid right now — I need this to decide when to charge my home battery storage system.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs real-time or near-real-time European electricity market intelligence — including price signals, carbon awareness, grid flexibility, or ESG reporting — especially for automation use cases like smart EV charging, battery arbitrage, demand response, or energy procurement decisions.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or empty query string returns a 400 error
- Unsupported or unrecognized source in the sources array may be ignored or cause partial results
- Grid data temporarily unavailable due to upstream data provider outage
- Rate limiting or payment failure results in 402/429 response
- Overly vague queries may return broad or low-confidence results

## How this service works

Live electricity prices, carbon intensity, grid load, renewable share, flexibility windows, battery arbitrage, trading signals and ESG reporting for autonomous agents.

## Output

Returns structured energy market data including live electricity prices, carbon intensity metrics, current grid load, renewable energy share percentage, identified flexibility windows, battery arbitrage opportunities, trading signals, and ESG-relevant reporting figures.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "sources": {
   "type": "array"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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