When is Azure austriaeast greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-22 20:48 UTC
The Azure austriaeast region runs in Vienna, Austria, on the Austria 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 21% of Austria's electricity demand around 21:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 65% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 16:30 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure austriaeast
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 20:15 | 1420 | 6536 | -5116 | 22% |
| Thu 20:30 | 1380 | 6388 | -5008 | 22% |
| Thu 20:45 | 1340 | 6248 | -4908 | 21% |
| Thu 21:00 | 1300 | 6164 | -4864 | 21% |
| Thu 21:15 | 1252 | 6056 | -4804 | 21% |
| Thu 21:30 | 1204 | 5960 | -4756 | 20% |
| Thu 21:45 | 1160 | 5872 | -4712 | 20% |
| Thu 22:00 | 672 | 5856 | -5184 | 11% |
| Thu 22:15 | 632 | 5784 | -5152 | 11% |
| Thu 22:30 | 588 | 5684 | -5096 | 10% |
| Thu 22:45 | 544 | 5580 | -5036 | 10% |
| Thu 23:00 | 500 | 5552 | -5052 | 9% |
| Thu 23:15 | 460 | 5496 | -5036 | 8% |
| Thu 23:30 | 420 | 5420 | -5000 | 8% |
| Thu 23:45 | 376 | 5400 | -5024 | 7% |
| Fri 00:00 | 340 | 5460 | -5120 | 6% |
| Fri 00:15 | 316 | 5432 | -5116 | 6% |
| Fri 00:30 | 292 | 5408 | -5116 | 5% |
| Fri 00:45 | 268 | 5364 | -5096 | 5% |
| Fri 01:00 | 244 | 5352 | -5108 | 5% |
| Fri 01:15 | 228 | 5348 | -5120 | 4% |
| Fri 01:30 | 212 | 5352 | -5140 | 4% |
| Fri 01:45 | 192 | 5356 | -5164 | 4% |
| Fri 02:00 | 176 | 5424 | -5248 | 3% |
| Fri 02:15 | 168 | 5476 | -5308 | 3% |
| Fri 02:30 | 156 | 5564 | -5408 | 3% |
| Fri 02:45 | 144 | 5676 | -5532 | 3% |
| Fri 03:00 | 140 | 5920 | -5780 | 2% |
| Fri 03:15 | 144 | 6108 | -5964 | 2% |
| Fri 03:30 | 148 | 6308 | -6160 | 2% |
| Fri 03:45 | 152 | 6528 | -6376 | 2% |
| Fri 04:00 | 160 | 6908 | -6748 | 2% |
| Fri 04:15 | 172 | 7248 | -7076 | 2% |
| Fri 04:30 | 200 | 7464 | -7264 | 3% |
| Fri 04:45 | 220 | 7624 | -7404 | 3% |
| Fri 05:00 | 248 | 7828 | -7580 | 3% |
| Fri 05:15 | 296 | 7956 | -7660 | 4% |
| Fri 05:30 | 352 | 7988 | -7636 | 4% |
| Fri 05:45 | 428 | 8036 | -7608 | 5% |
| Fri 06:00 | 536 | 8100 | -7564 | 7% |
| Fri 06:15 | 668 | 8076 | -7408 | 8% |
| Fri 06:30 | 828 | 8044 | -7216 | 10% |
| Fri 06:45 | 1044 | 8012 | -6968 | 13% |
| Fri 07:00 | 1296 | 7996 | -6700 | 16% |
| Fri 07:15 | 1576 | 7992 | -6416 | 20% |
| Fri 07:30 | 1832 | 7968 | -6136 | 23% |
| Fri 07:45 | 2040 | 7936 | -5896 | 26% |
| Fri 08:00 | 2244 | 7860 | -5616 | 29% |
| Fri 08:15 | 2428 | 7772 | -5344 | 31% |
| Fri 08:30 | 2604 | 7732 | -5128 | 34% |
| Fri 08:45 | 2772 | 7660 | -4888 | 36% |
| Fri 09:00 | 2932 | 7584 | -4652 | 39% |
| Fri 09:15 | 3128 | 7540 | -4412 | 41% |
| Fri 09:30 | 3316 | 7484 | -4168 | 44% |
| Fri 09:45 | 3468 | 7428 | -3960 | 47% |
| Fri 10:00 | 3624 | 7288 | -3664 | 50% |
| Fri 10:15 | 3784 | 7192 | -3408 | 53% |
| Fri 10:30 | 1884 | 7136 | -5252 | 26% |
| Fri 10:45 | 4060 | 7120 | -3060 | 57% |
| Fri 11:00 | 4164 | 7104 | -2940 | 59% |
| Fri 11:15 | 4244 | 7028 | -2784 | 60% |
| Fri 11:30 | 4316 | 6928 | -2612 | 62% |
| Fri 11:45 | 4384 | 6864 | -2480 | 64% |
| Fri 12:00 | 4428 | 6836 | -2408 | 65% |
| Fri 12:15 | 4404 | 6852 | -2448 | 64% |
| Fri 12:30 | 4372 | 6812 | -2440 | 64% |
| Fri 12:45 | 4328 | 6836 | -2508 | 63% |
| Fri 13:00 | 4264 | 6804 | -2540 | 63% |
| Fri 13:15 | 4168 | 6836 | -2668 | 61% |
| Fri 13:30 | 4040 | 6872 | -2832 | 59% |
| Fri 13:45 | 3880 | 6944 | -3064 | 56% |
| Fri 14:00 | 3724 | 7028 | -3304 | 53% |
| Fri 14:15 | 3568 | 7092 | -3524 | 50% |
| Fri 14:30 | 3424 | 7236 | -3812 | 47% |
| Fri 14:45 | 3312 | 7360 | -4048 | 45% |
| Fri 15:00 | 3236 | 7428 | -4192 | 44% |
| Fri 15:15 | 3176 | 7528 | -4352 | 42% |
| Fri 15:30 | 3116 | 7628 | -4512 | 41% |
| Fri 15:45 | 3100 | 7680 | -4580 | 40% |
| Fri 16:00 | 3092 | 7684 | -4592 | 40% |
| Fri 16:15 | 3072 | 7728 | -4656 | 40% |
| Fri 16:30 | 28 | 7768 | -7740 | 0% |
| Fri 16:45 | 3048 | 7764 | -4716 | 39% |
| Fri 17:00 | 3040 | 7748 | -4708 | 39% |
| Fri 17:15 | 3016 | 7648 | -4632 | 39% |
| Fri 17:30 | 2996 | 7588 | -4592 | 39% |
| Fri 17:45 | 2972 | 7500 | -4528 | 40% |
| Fri 18:00 | 2952 | 7376 | -4424 | 40% |
| Fri 18:15 | 2908 | 7260 | -4352 | 40% |
| Fri 18:30 | 2864 | 7120 | -4256 | 40% |
| Fri 18:45 | 2824 | 7004 | -4180 | 40% |
| Fri 19:00 | 2776 | 6860 | -4084 | 40% |
| Fri 19:15 | 2724 | 6736 | -4012 | 40% |
| Fri 19:30 | 2676 | 6600 | -3924 | 41% |
| Fri 19:45 | 2624 | 6448 | -3824 | 41% |
| Fri 20:00 | 2564 | 6500 | -3936 | 39% |
| Fri 20:15 | 2492 | 6392 | -3900 | 39% |
| Fri 20:30 | 2424 | 6272 | -3848 | 39% |
| Fri 20:45 | 2352 | 6164 | -3812 | 38% |
| Fri 21:00 | 2276 | 6084 | -3808 | 37% |
| Fri 21:15 | 2160 | 5932 | -3772 | 36% |