When is Azure francecentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-15 12:30 UTC
The Azure francecentral region runs in Paris, France, on the France 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 41% of France's electricity demand around 12:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 43% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 10% around 19:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure francecentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12:00 | 19698 | 46000 | -26302 | 43% |
| Sat 12:15 | 19718 | 46900 | -27182 | 42% |
| Sat 12:30 | 19731 | 47800 | -28069 | 41% |
| Sat 12:45 | 19507 | 47750 | -28243 | 41% |
| Sat 13:00 | 19266 | 47700 | -28434 | 40% |
| Sat 13:15 | 18905 | 47500 | -28595 | 40% |
| Sat 13:30 | 18555 | 47300 | -28745 | 39% |
| Sat 13:45 | 17900 | 46900 | -29000 | 38% |
| Sat 14:00 | 17244 | 46500 | -29256 | 37% |
| Sat 14:15 | 16631 | 46250 | -29619 | 36% |
| Sat 14:30 | 16048 | 46000 | -29952 | 35% |
| Sat 14:45 | 15487 | 45750 | -30263 | 34% |
| Sat 15:00 | 14930 | 45500 | -30570 | 33% |
| Sat 15:15 | 14140 | 45650 | -31510 | 31% |
| Sat 15:30 | 13393 | 45800 | -32407 | 29% |
| Sat 15:45 | 12617 | 46100 | -33483 | 27% |
| Sat 16:00 | 11767 | 46400 | -34633 | 25% |
| Sat 16:15 | 10731 | 46550 | -35819 | 23% |
| Sat 16:30 | 9891 | 46700 | -36809 | 21% |
| Sat 16:45 | 9176 | 46950 | -37774 | 20% |
| Sat 17:00 | 8165 | 47200 | -39035 | 17% |
| Sat 17:15 | 7376 | 47000 | -39624 | 16% |
| Sat 17:30 | 6450 | 46800 | -40350 | 14% |
| Sat 17:45 | 5856 | 46250 | -40394 | 13% |
| Sat 18:00 | 5203 | 45700 | -40497 | 11% |
| Sat 18:15 | 4820 | 45100 | -40280 | 11% |
| Sat 18:30 | 4531 | 44500 | -39969 | 10% |
| Sat 18:45 | 4428 | 44350 | -39922 | 10% |
| Sat 19:00 | 4348 | 44200 | -39852 | 10% |
| Sat 19:15 | 4386 | 44100 | -39714 | 10% |
| Sat 19:30 | 4495 | 44000 | -39505 | 10% |
| Sat 19:45 | 4611 | 43500 | -38889 | 11% |
| Sat 20:00 | 4726 | 43000 | -38274 | 11% |
| Sat 20:15 | 4751 | 43550 | -38799 | 11% |
| Sat 20:30 | 4776 | 44100 | -39324 | 11% |
| Sat 20:45 | 4801 | 44550 | -39749 | 11% |
| Sat 21:00 | 4826 | 45000 | -40174 | 11% |
| Sat 21:15 | 4769 | 44350 | -39581 | 11% |
| Sat 21:30 | 4712 | 43700 | -38988 | 11% |
| Sat 21:45 | 4655 | 42850 | -38195 | 11% |