The Bundesnetzagentur's electricity market information platform "SMARD" has been online since 2017. SMARD is an abbreviation of the German term "Strommarktdaten", which translates to electricity market data. Data that is published on the SMARD website gives an up-to-date overview of what is happening on the electricity market. The core data for power plants in the German electricity market section are based on the Bundesnetzagentur's list of power plants.