The .energy Domain: An Ending Built for the Sector
.energy was recorded in the root zone on 16 October 2014 and is operated by Binky Moon, LLC. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 lists 35,605 registrations, of which 28,343 appear in the zone file — roughly four names in five are live. That ratio points to owners who build on the name rather than sit on it.
Solar and wind installers, efficiency consultants, charging network operators and energy traders all read naturally on this ending. The rule to carry away: the domain states what you do, never what you are licensed to do. Once you have candidates, check them against the zone in a .energy domain search.
In English energy covers both the physical kind — electricity, gas, solar — and the personal kind that fitness, coaching and wellness brands trade on. The registry accepts both, so the second-level label carries the whole distinction: solar-panels.energy and pilates.energy share a zone while addressing entirely different audiences. Test your root word for that ambiguity before you commit; a vague one will match the wrong search intent.
.ENERGY Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 16 October 2014
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 35,605 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 28,343 names, about 80%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .energy domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.energy Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$16.49 /year -
Transfer
$116.99 /year -
Renewal
$125.99 /year -
Restore
$229.90 -
Late Renewal
$20.48
Included With Every .energy Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.energy Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .energy domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .energy address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .energy domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a $20.48 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .energy returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.energy Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.energy Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .energy domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.energy Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .energy Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The registry asks for no licence and no authorisation document.
Its policy set defines no eligibility condition for this ending, and registrations are handled first come, first served. Generating electricity, distributing gas or trading energy does carry permit obligations, but those arise from the activity under its own law. The address neither creates nor removes them, and it is no proof of having passed an inspection.
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Yes — the ending covers services, not only generation.
Teams working on building insulation, consumption audits, cogeneration design or carbon reporting read correctly on this address. Putting the specific job in the second-level label narrows the broad association of the ending and tells a visitor what you do in one line. Sweep several candidates at once with a bulk domain name search.
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It does, provided the root word carries the meaning.
Because the ending holds two senses, a visitor cannot tell at a glance which side you are on. Naming the sport, the movement or the studio itself in the label removes the doubt immediately. Choose a purely abstract word and you land in the same result lists as utilities and installers, and the lost clicks come from exactly there.
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The 11 August 2026 reading shows 35,605 registrations with 28,343 published.
A publication rate near 80% means most registered names actually resolve to a site or service rather than a holding page. Very small zones make short roots easy to find but recognition stays low; at this scale the two are reasonably balanced. The figures come from the nTLDstats breakdown on the date of access.
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Yes. Browsers now label an unencrypted connection as plainly unsafe.
The registry imposes no certificate rule on this ending, but any page carrying a quote form, a consumption calculator or a customer login needs an encrypted connection in practice. You can obtain one from the SSL certificate page and confirm afterwards that the chain installed correctly.
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Pick the narrow one if a single technology defines you, the broad one if it does not.
A firm doing solar installation only says everything in one word with a narrow ending. Once wind, heat pumps, storage or advisory work enter the portfolio, that same narrow word starts excluding services you already sell. Look at where your growth plan points, and note that holding both is a common answer.
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