When is AWS eu-south-1 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-07-21 16:07 UTC
The AWS eu-south-1 region runs in Milan, Italy, on the Italy electricity grid. educk forecasts when that grid is greenest — using day-ahead wind & solar and demand data from ENTSO-E — so you can schedule carbon-aware workloads (batch jobs, CI, model training, backups, data pipelines) for the cleanest hours.
- Wind and solar are forecast to cover about 16% of Italy's electricity demand around 16:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 16:00 UTC at roughly 18% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 18:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for AWS eu-south-1
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 16:00 | 8839 | 48890 | -40051 | 18% |
| Tue 16:15 | 7796 | 48880 | -41084 | 16% |
| Tue 16:30 | 6814 | 48971 | -42157 | 14% |
| Tue 16:45 | 5840 | 49000 | -43160 | 12% |
| Tue 17:00 | 4991 | 49230 | -44239 | 10% |
| Tue 17:15 | 4130 | 49210 | -45080 | 8% |
| Tue 17:30 | 3359 | 49041 | -45682 | 7% |
| Tue 17:45 | 2711 | 48840 | -46129 | 6% |
| Tue 18:00 | 2287 | 47950 | -45663 | 5% |
| Tue 18:15 | 1966 | 47731 | -45765 | 4% |
| Tue 18:30 | 1872 | 47710 | -45838 | 4% |
| Tue 18:45 | 0 | 47660 | -47660 | 0% |
| Tue 19:00 | 1831 | 47451 | -45620 | 4% |
| Tue 19:15 | 1844 | 47169 | -45325 | 4% |
| Tue 19:30 | 1865 | 46401 | -44536 | 4% |
| Tue 19:45 | 1959 | 45650 | -43691 | 4% |
| Tue 20:00 | 2071 | 44830 | -42759 | 5% |
| Tue 20:15 | 2156 | 44180 | -42024 | 5% |
| Tue 20:30 | 2236 | 43120 | -40884 | 5% |
| Tue 20:45 | 2237 | 42460 | -40223 | 5% |
| Tue 21:00 | 2193 | 41800 | -39607 | 5% |
| Tue 21:15 | 2252 | 40929 | -38677 | 6% |
| Tue 21:30 | 2331 | 40160 | -37829 | 6% |
| Tue 21:45 | 2311 | 39350 | -37039 | 6% |