When is Azure finlandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-01 10:44 UTC
The Azure finlandcentral region runs in Helsinki, Finland, on the Finland 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 31% of Finland's electricity demand around 10:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:45 UTC at roughly 34% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 1% around 17:30 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure finlandcentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10:30 | 2631 | 8572 | -5941 | 31% |
| Sat 10:45 | 2685 | 8570 | -5886 | 31% |
| Sat 11:00 | 2708 | 8568 | -5860 | 32% |
| Sat 11:15 | 2747 | 8568 | -5821 | 32% |
| Sat 11:30 | 2786 | 8567 | -5781 | 33% |
| Sat 11:45 | 2825 | 8566 | -5741 | 33% |
| Sat 12:00 | 2902 | 8566 | -5664 | 34% |
| Sat 12:15 | 2908 | 8565 | -5657 | 34% |
| Sat 12:45 | 2921 | 8566 | -5645 | 34% |
| Sat 13:00 | 2884 | 8578 | -5694 | 34% |
| Sat 13:15 | 2841 | 8585 | -5744 | 33% |
| Sat 13:45 | 2749 | 8578 | -5829 | 32% |
| Sat 14:00 | 752 | 8572 | -7820 | 9% |
| Sat 14:15 | 2630 | 8563 | -5933 | 31% |
| Sat 14:30 | 2576 | 8554 | -5978 | 30% |
| Sat 14:45 | 2522 | 8545 | -6023 | 30% |
| Sat 15:00 | 2456 | 8532 | -6077 | 29% |
| Sat 15:15 | 2385 | 8518 | -6133 | 28% |
| Sat 15:30 | 2314 | 8503 | -6189 | 27% |
| Sat 15:45 | 2243 | 8489 | -6245 | 26% |
| Sat 16:00 | 2135 | 8476 | -6341 | 25% |
| Sat 16:15 | 2070 | 8453 | -6383 | 24% |
| Sat 16:30 | 2005 | 8431 | -6426 | 24% |
| Sat 16:45 | 1940 | 8408 | -6469 | 23% |
| Sat 17:00 | 1890 | 8373 | -6483 | 23% |
| Sat 17:15 | 1834 | 8344 | -6511 | 22% |
| Sat 17:30 | 124 | 8316 | -8192 | 1% |
| Sat 17:45 | 1789 | 8288 | -6499 | 22% |
| Sat 18:00 | 1840 | 8217 | -6377 | 22% |
| Sat 18:15 | 1888 | 8214 | -6327 | 23% |
| Sat 18:45 | 1982 | 8217 | -6235 | 24% |
| Sat 19:00 | 2104 | 8222 | -6118 | 26% |
| Sat 19:15 | 2167 | 8225 | -6058 | 26% |
| Sat 19:45 | 2293 | 8222 | -5928 | 28% |
| Sat 20:00 | 2328 | 8164 | -5835 | 29% |
| Sat 20:15 | 2370 | 8120 | -5750 | 29% |
| Sat 20:30 | 2412 | 8077 | -5665 | 30% |
| Sat 20:45 | 2453 | 8034 | -5580 | 31% |
| Sat 21:00 | 2494 | 7959 | -5465 | 31% |
| Sat 21:15 | 2520 | 7905 | -5385 | 32% |
| Sat 21:30 | 2545 | 7850 | -5305 | 32% |
| Sat 21:45 | 2570 | 7795 | -5225 | 33% |