Description
n8n-nodes-elecz
An n8n community node for Elecz — real-time electricity price signals and contract recommendations for 40+ countries and 100+ zones across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. No API key required.
Operations
| Operation | Description |
|—|—|
| Spot Price | Current electricity spot price for a zone |
| Cheapest Hours | Cheapest upcoming hours in the next 24–48h, with ready-to-use automation signals |
| Best Energy Contract | Contracts ranked by your consumption profile |
Supported Zones
Europe — Nordic: FI, SE, SE1–SE4, NO, NO1–NO5, DK, DK1–DK2
Europe — Baltic: EE, LV, LT
Europe — Central & West: DE, NL, BE, AT, FR, CH, GB, IE
Europe — South & East: ES, PT, IT (IT-NO, IT-CNO, IT-CSO, IT-SO, IT-SAR, IT-SIC), PL, CZ, HU, RO, HR, SI, SK, BG, GR, RS, BA, ME, MK
North America: Ontario (CA-ON), California (CAISO), Texas (ERCOT), New York (NYISO), Mexico — Monterrey, Guadalajara, Cancun and 11 more cities
Asia: KR, KR-JEJU, JP-HKD/THK/TKY/CBU/HKR/KNS/CGK/SKK/KYS
Africa: ZA
Southeast Asia: PH-LUZ, PH-VIS, PH-MIN
Oceania: AU-NSW, AU-VIC, AU-QLD, AU-SA, AU-TAS, NZ-NI, NZ-SI
Installation
In your n8n instance:
1. Go to Settings → Community Nodes
2. Click Install
3. Enter n8n-nodes-elecz
4. Confirm install
Usage
No API key required. Elecz is a public read-only API.
Example: Current spot price
1. Operation: Spot Price
2. Zone: AU-NSW
3. Returns: price, unit, signal level (low / medium / high / spike)
Example: Cheapest hours automation
1. Operation: Cheapest Hours
2. Zone: DE
3. Hours needed: 3
4. Connect output to an IF node using currenthouris_cheap (boolean) as the trigger
Useful fields for automation:
| Field | Use |
|—|—|
| currenthouris_cheap | Boolean — wire directly into IF node |
| hoursuntilnext_cheap | How long to wait before the next cheap window |
| cheapwindowends | When the current cheap window closes |
| cheaphoursremaining_today | How many cheap hours are left today |
Home automation: EV charging, washing machine, dishwasher, heat pump, battery charging.
Industrial & business: The same signals work at any scale. Schedule pumping stations, compressors, refrigeration units, or batch processes during the cheapest hours. A factory running a 50 kW pump 6 hours a day can save thousands of euros per year by shifting load to off-peak windows — with no changes to the process, just the schedule. Other use cases: ML training jobs, backup pipelines, cold storage pre-cooling, and battery arbitrage (charge cheap, discharge expensive).
Example: Contract comparison
1. Operation: Best Energy Contract
2. Zone: GB
3. Consumption: 2700 kWh/year
4. Returns: best spot and fixed contracts with estimated annual savings
Links
- API docs: elecz.com/docs
- MCP server: elecz.com/mcp
- GitHub: zemloai-ctrl/n8n-nodes-elecz
License
MIT
