When is Azure finlandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-16 14:04 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 67% of Finland's electricity demand around 14:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 15:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 14:00 | 5854 | 8827 | -2974 | 66% |
| Wed 14:15 | 5857 | 8800 | -2943 | 67% |
| Wed 14:30 | 5860 | 8773 | -2913 | 67% |
| Wed 14:45 | 5863 | 8746 | -2883 | 67% |
| Wed 15:00 | 5865 | 8678 | -2813 | 68% |
| Wed 15:15 | 5851 | 8670 | -2819 | 67% |
| Wed 15:45 | 5812 | 8678 | -2866 | 67% |
| Wed 16:00 | 23 | 8681 | -8658 | 0% |
| Wed 16:15 | 5772 | 8689 | -2917 | 66% |
| Wed 16:30 | 5761 | 8698 | -2937 | 66% |
| Wed 16:45 | 5748 | 8706 | -2958 | 66% |
| Wed 17:00 | 5661 | 8731 | -3070 | 65% |
| Wed 17:15 | 5621 | 8750 | -3130 | 64% |
| Wed 17:45 | 5540 | 8731 | -3191 | 63% |
| Wed 18:00 | 5487 | 8594 | -3107 | 64% |
| Wed 18:15 | 5451 | 8548 | -3097 | 64% |
| Wed 18:30 | 5415 | 8500 | -3086 | 64% |
| Wed 18:45 | 5378 | 8453 | -3075 | 64% |
| Wed 19:00 | 5332 | 8440 | -3108 | 63% |
| Wed 19:15 | 5316 | 8390 | -3073 | 63% |
| Wed 19:30 | 5306 | 8339 | -3033 | 64% |
| Wed 19:45 | 5290 | 8289 | -2999 | 64% |
| Wed 20:15 | 5261 | 8152 | -2891 | 65% |
| Wed 20:30 | 5232 | 8090 | -2858 | 65% |
| Wed 20:45 | 5202 | 8027 | -2825 | 65% |
| Wed 21:00 | 5128 | 7938 | -2811 | 65% |
| Wed 21:15 | 5094 | 7888 | -2794 | 65% |
| Wed 21:30 | 5060 | 7838 | -2778 | 65% |
| Wed 21:45 | 5026 | 7787 | -2762 | 65% |