When is Azure finlandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-15 15:56 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 35% of Finland's electricity demand around 16:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 08:00 UTC at roughly 68% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 16:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 15:15 | 2612 | 8594 | -5982 | 30% |
| Tue 15:45 | 2852 | 8610 | -5758 | 33% |
| Tue 16:00 | 3050 | 8613 | -5563 | 35% |
| Tue 16:15 | 3212 | 8632 | -5419 | 37% |
| Tue 16:30 | 3374 | 8650 | -5276 | 39% |
| Tue 16:45 | 3536 | 8669 | -5133 | 41% |
| Tue 17:00 | 3736 | 8730 | -4994 | 43% |
| Tue 17:15 | 3863 | 8774 | -4911 | 44% |
| Tue 17:45 | 4118 | 8730 | -4611 | 47% |
| Tue 18:00 | 4194 | 8647 | -4453 | 48% |
| Tue 18:15 | 4267 | 8613 | -4347 | 50% |
| Tue 18:30 | 4340 | 8580 | -4240 | 51% |
| Tue 18:45 | 4413 | 8546 | -4134 | 52% |
| Tue 19:00 | 4485 | 8538 | -4054 | 53% |
| Tue 19:15 | 4504 | 8502 | -3997 | 53% |
| Tue 19:30 | 4517 | 8465 | -3948 | 53% |
| Tue 19:45 | 4537 | 8429 | -3892 | 54% |
| Tue 20:00 | 4539 | 8376 | -3836 | 54% |
| Tue 21:15 | 4541 | 8123 | -3583 | 56% |
| Tue 21:30 | 4542 | 8082 | -3540 | 56% |
| Tue 21:45 | 4544 | 8041 | -3497 | 57% |
| Tue 22:00 | 4302 | 7814 | -3512 | 55% |
| Tue 22:15 | 4328 | 7779 | -3451 | 56% |
| Tue 22:30 | 4345 | 7744 | -3398 | 56% |
| Tue 22:45 | 4372 | 7709 | -3338 | 57% |
| Tue 23:15 | 4400 | 7682 | -3282 | 57% |
| Tue 23:30 | 4429 | 7663 | -3233 | 58% |
| Tue 23:45 | 4458 | 7643 | -3184 | 58% |
| Wed 00:00 | 4502 | 7605 | -3102 | 59% |
| Wed 00:15 | 4546 | 7601 | -3054 | 60% |
| Wed 00:45 | 4634 | 7605 | -2970 | 61% |
| Wed 01:15 | 4738 | 7611 | -2873 | 62% |
| Wed 01:30 | 4796 | 7615 | -2819 | 63% |
| Wed 01:45 | 4854 | 7621 | -2767 | 64% |
| Wed 02:00 | 4927 | 7711 | -2784 | 64% |
| Wed 02:15 | 4997 | 7789 | -2792 | 64% |
| Wed 02:30 | 5067 | 7867 | -2800 | 64% |
| Wed 02:45 | 5138 | 7944 | -2807 | 65% |
| Wed 03:00 | 5245 | 8092 | -2848 | 65% |
| Wed 03:15 | 5300 | 8187 | -2887 | 65% |
| Wed 03:30 | 5356 | 8282 | -2926 | 65% |
| Wed 03:45 | 5412 | 8377 | -2964 | 65% |
| Wed 04:00 | 5419 | 8480 | -3061 | 64% |
| Wed 04:15 | 5470 | 8551 | -3081 | 64% |
| Wed 04:30 | 5521 | 8622 | -3100 | 64% |
| Wed 04:45 | 5573 | 8693 | -3120 | 64% |
| Wed 05:00 | 5665 | 8773 | -3107 | 65% |
| Wed 05:15 | 5715 | 8795 | -3080 | 65% |
| Wed 05:30 | 5765 | 8810 | -3046 | 65% |
| Wed 05:45 | 5814 | 8832 | -3018 | 66% |
| Wed 06:15 | 5877 | 8848 | -2971 | 66% |
| Wed 06:30 | 5908 | 8863 | -2956 | 67% |
| Wed 06:45 | 5944 | 8879 | -2935 | 67% |
| Wed 07:00 | 191 | 8900 | -8709 | 2% |
| Wed 07:15 | 6002 | 8917 | -2916 | 67% |
| Wed 07:30 | 6029 | 8934 | -2905 | 67% |
| Wed 07:45 | 6057 | 8952 | -2895 | 68% |
| Wed 08:00 | 6103 | 8968 | -2865 | 68% |
| Wed 08:15 | 6112 | 8984 | -2873 | 68% |
| Wed 08:30 | 6118 | 9001 | -2883 | 68% |
| Wed 08:45 | 6127 | 9017 | -2890 | 68% |
| Wed 09:15 | 6133 | 9070 | -2937 | 68% |
| Wed 09:45 | 6127 | 9044 | -2917 | 68% |
| Wed 10:00 | 6108 | 9009 | -2901 | 68% |
| Wed 10:15 | 6094 | 8996 | -2903 | 68% |
| Wed 10:30 | 6080 | 8984 | -2905 | 68% |
| Wed 10:45 | 6065 | 8972 | -2907 | 68% |
| Wed 11:00 | 5779 | 8958 | -3179 | 65% |
| Wed 12:15 | 5662 | 8950 | -3288 | 63% |
| Wed 12:30 | 5644 | 8942 | -3297 | 63% |
| Wed 12:45 | 5627 | 8934 | -3307 | 63% |
| Wed 13:00 | 5844 | 8847 | -3003 | 66% |
| Wed 13:15 | 5812 | 8833 | -3021 | 66% |
| Wed 13:45 | 5804 | 8847 | -3044 | 66% |
| Wed 14:00 | 5854 | 8870 | -3016 | 66% |
| Wed 14:15 | 5857 | 8880 | -3023 | 66% |
| Wed 14:45 | 5863 | 8870 | -3006 | 66% |
| Wed 15:00 | 5865 | 8854 | -2989 | 66% |
| Wed 15:15 | 5851 | 8844 | -2993 | 66% |
| Wed 15:45 | 5812 | 8854 | -3042 | 66% |
| Wed 16:00 | 23 | 8883 | -8860 | 0% |
| Wed 16:15 | 5772 | 8898 | -3126 | 65% |