When is Azure finlandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-11-01 17:52 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 25% of Finland's electricity demand around 18:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 17:45 UTC at roughly 27% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 2% around 10:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 17:45 | 2652 | 9911 | -7259 | 27% |
| Sun 18:00 | 2484 | 9839 | -7355 | 25% |
| Sun 18:15 | 2362 | 9796 | -7434 | 24% |
| Sun 18:30 | 2240 | 9753 | -7512 | 23% |
| Sun 18:45 | 2119 | 9709 | -7591 | 22% |
| Sun 19:00 | 1991 | 9595 | -7604 | 21% |
| Sun 19:15 | 1903 | 9547 | -7643 | 20% |
| Sun 19:45 | 1728 | 9595 | -7867 | 18% |
| Sun 20:00 | 1668 | 9681 | -8013 | 17% |
| Sun 20:15 | 1622 | 9701 | -8079 | 17% |
| Sun 20:45 | 1529 | 9681 | -8152 | 16% |
| Sun 21:15 | 1499 | 9652 | -8152 | 16% |
| Sun 21:30 | 1478 | 9632 | -8154 | 15% |
| Sun 21:45 | 1457 | 9603 | -8146 | 15% |
| Sun 22:00 | 1447 | 9453 | -8007 | 15% |
| Sun 22:15 | 1436 | 9384 | -7948 | 15% |
| Sun 22:30 | 1425 | 9315 | -7890 | 15% |
| Sun 22:45 | 1414 | 9246 | -7832 | 15% |
| Sun 23:00 | 1675 | 9250 | -7575 | 18% |
| Sun 23:15 | 1688 | 9219 | -7531 | 18% |
| Sun 23:30 | 1697 | 9198 | -7501 | 18% |
| Sun 23:45 | 1710 | 9167 | -7457 | 19% |
| Mon 00:15 | 1719 | 9164 | -7445 | 19% |
| Mon 00:45 | 1710 | 9167 | -7457 | 19% |
| Mon 01:00 | 1692 | 9172 | -7479 | 18% |
| Mon 01:15 | 1671 | 9172 | -7501 | 18% |
| Mon 01:45 | 1628 | 9172 | -7543 | 18% |
| Mon 02:00 | 1597 | 9171 | -7574 | 17% |
| Mon 02:15 | 1562 | 9170 | -7608 | 17% |
| Mon 02:45 | 1492 | 9171 | -7679 | 16% |
| Mon 03:00 | 1444 | 9226 | -7783 | 16% |
| Mon 03:15 | 1402 | 9307 | -7905 | 15% |
| Mon 03:30 | 1359 | 9387 | -8028 | 14% |
| Mon 03:45 | 1317 | 9467 | -8150 | 14% |
| Mon 04:00 | 1277 | 9676 | -8398 | 13% |
| Mon 04:15 | 1231 | 9767 | -8536 | 13% |
| Mon 04:30 | 1185 | 9858 | -8674 | 12% |
| Mon 04:45 | 1138 | 9950 | -8812 | 11% |
| Mon 05:00 | 1087 | 10005 | -8918 | 11% |
| Mon 05:15 | 1036 | 10054 | -9018 | 10% |
| Mon 05:30 | 986 | 10103 | -9117 | 10% |
| Mon 05:45 | 935 | 10152 | -9216 | 9% |
| Mon 06:00 | 880 | 10170 | -9290 | 9% |
| Mon 06:15 | 832 | 10192 | -9360 | 8% |
| Mon 06:30 | 784 | 10214 | -9430 | 8% |
| Mon 06:45 | 736 | 10236 | -9500 | 7% |
| Mon 07:00 | 714 | 10240 | -9526 | 7% |
| Mon 07:15 | 687 | 10249 | -9562 | 7% |
| Mon 07:30 | 660 | 10259 | -9598 | 6% |
| Mon 07:45 | 634 | 10268 | -9634 | 6% |
| Mon 08:00 | 620 | 10274 | -9654 | 6% |
| Mon 08:15 | 604 | 10283 | -9679 | 6% |
| Mon 08:45 | 571 | 10274 | -9703 | 6% |
| Mon 09:00 | 551 | 10268 | -9718 | 5% |
| Mon 09:15 | 544 | 10261 | -9717 | 5% |
| Mon 09:30 | 542 | 10254 | -9712 | 5% |
| Mon 09:45 | 535 | 10247 | -9712 | 5% |
| Mon 10:00 | 188 | 10244 | -10056 | 2% |
| Mon 10:15 | 540 | 10229 | -9690 | 5% |
| Mon 10:45 | 541 | 10200 | -9660 | 5% |
| Mon 11:00 | 554 | 10171 | -9617 | 5% |
| Mon 11:15 | 569 | 10151 | -9582 | 6% |
| Mon 11:30 | 585 | 10132 | -9548 | 6% |
| Mon 11:45 | 600 | 10113 | -9513 | 6% |
| Mon 12:00 | 605 | 10088 | -9483 | 6% |
| Mon 12:15 | 644 | 10075 | -9431 | 6% |
| Mon 12:30 | 683 | 10062 | -9378 | 7% |
| Mon 12:45 | 723 | 10048 | -9326 | 7% |
| Mon 13:00 | 788 | 10043 | -9255 | 8% |
| Mon 13:15 | 857 | 10030 | -9173 | 9% |
| Mon 13:45 | 995 | 10043 | -9048 | 10% |
| Mon 14:00 | 1092 | 10049 | -8957 | 11% |
| Mon 14:15 | 1175 | 10066 | -8891 | 12% |
| Mon 14:30 | 1258 | 10083 | -8825 | 12% |
| Mon 14:45 | 1341 | 10100 | -8759 | 13% |
| Mon 15:00 | 1404 | 10145 | -8741 | 14% |
| Mon 15:15 | 1485 | 10163 | -8678 | 15% |
| Mon 15:30 | 1566 | 10182 | -8616 | 15% |
| Mon 15:45 | 1647 | 10200 | -8554 | 16% |
| Mon 16:00 | 1732 | 10209 | -8477 | 17% |
| Mon 16:15 | 1820 | 10219 | -8399 | 18% |
| Mon 16:30 | 1907 | 10228 | -8321 | 19% |
| Mon 16:45 | 1995 | 10238 | -8243 | 19% |
| Mon 17:00 | 2110 | 10248 | -8138 | 21% |
| Mon 17:15 | 2188 | 10250 | -8063 | 21% |
| Mon 17:45 | 2344 | 10248 | -7904 | 23% |
| Mon 18:15 | 2454 | 10245 | -7791 | 24% |
| Mon 18:30 | 2521 | 10243 | -7722 | 25% |
| Mon 18:45 | 2588 | 10240 | -7652 | 25% |