A package that provides an interface for downloading and processing the Marktstammdatenregister (MaStR)
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The python package open-mastr provides an interface for accessing the Marktstammdatenregister (MaStR) data. The MaStR is a German register provided by the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur / BNetza) that keeps track of all power and gas units located in Germany. It is a daily growing dataset with millions of data points covering electricity and gas production units, electricity and gas consumers, storages, grids, and energy market participants.
Generally, and besides the offerings of open-mastr, the MaStR data can be accessed via three main options:
- browse, filter and download in the browser
- download daily provided dumps
- access via the web service
These access options, however, are not exactly frictionless. open-mastr thus provides an interface for and improved developer experience of accessing the data. This project is intended for individuals who wish to "just work" with the MaStR data and who do not want to deal with the idiosyncrasies of the three access options above.
In particular, open-mastr facilitates access to the daily provided MaStR dumps with download methods (bulk) and by parsing the XML files to a relational database. Furthermore, the software provides a Python wrapper to access the MaStR SOAP web service (API).
Does open-mastr edit or change the MaStR data?
No. open-mastr is a wrapper around the MaStR data and does not edit or change the data. It is intended to be used as a tool for working with the MaStR data.
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| Data download and parsing | Download, decode, and write data to a local database |
| Translation to English | Translate table names and columns from German to English as well as an English documentation page of the dataset |
| Data processing | Merge relevant information about different technologies to single csv files |
Just here for the data? We regularly run the whole download and cleansing pipeline and upload the dataset as csv files at zenodo!
doc sub-folder of the repository.Python >=3.8.Install the current release of open-mastr with pip:
pip install open-mastrFor development, clone this repository manually.
git clone git@github.com:OpenEnergyPlatform/open-MaStR.git
cd open-MaStRSetup the conda environment with
conda env create -f environment.ymlInstall the package with
pip install "open_mastr[dev]"These projects already use open-mastr:
- PV- und Windflächenrechner
- Wasserstoffatlas
- EE-Status App
- Digiplan Anhalt
- EmPowerPlan
- Goal100 Monitor
If you want to see your project in this list, write an Issue or add changes in a Pull Request.
Besides open-mastr, some other resources exist that ease the process of working with the Marktstammdatenregister:
- The bundesAPI/Marktstammdaten-API is another implementation to access data via an official API.