When is Azure francecentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-28 15:57 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 4% of France's electricity demand around 16:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 16:45 UTC at roughly 9% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 3% around 10:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 15:45 | 1859 | 50650 | -48791 | 4% |
| Wed 16:00 | 1852 | 50400 | -48548 | 4% |
| Wed 16:15 | 1926 | 50900 | -48974 | 4% |
| Wed 16:30 | 2000 | 51400 | -49400 | 4% |
| Wed 16:45 | 2074 | 52500 | -50426 | 4% |
| Wed 17:00 | 2148 | 53600 | -51452 | 4% |
| Wed 17:15 | 2070 | 54700 | -52630 | 4% |
| Wed 17:30 | 2238 | 55800 | -53562 | 4% |
| Wed 17:45 | 2283 | 56800 | -54517 | 4% |
| Wed 18:00 | 2205 | 57800 | -55595 | 4% |
| Wed 18:15 | 2352 | 57450 | -55098 | 4% |
| Wed 18:30 | 2376 | 57100 | -54724 | 4% |
| Wed 18:45 | 2402 | 56350 | -53948 | 4% |
| Wed 19:00 | 2428 | 55600 | -53172 | 4% |
| Wed 19:15 | 2469 | 54600 | -52131 | 5% |
| Wed 19:30 | 2510 | 53600 | -51090 | 5% |
| Wed 19:45 | 2552 | 52800 | -50248 | 5% |
| Wed 20:00 | 2593 | 52000 | -49407 | 5% |
| Wed 20:15 | 2625 | 51450 | -48825 | 5% |
| Wed 20:30 | 2658 | 50900 | -48242 | 5% |
| Wed 20:45 | 2691 | 50300 | -47609 | 5% |
| Wed 21:00 | 2724 | 49700 | -46976 | 5% |
| Wed 21:15 | 2746 | 50050 | -47304 | 5% |
| Wed 21:30 | 2768 | 50400 | -47632 | 5% |
| Wed 21:45 | 2790 | 51050 | -48260 | 5% |
| Wed 22:00 | 2812 | 51700 | -48888 | 5% |
| Wed 22:15 | 2842 | 51350 | -48508 | 6% |
| Wed 22:30 | 2872 | 51000 | -48128 | 6% |
| Wed 22:45 | 2902 | 50700 | -47798 | 6% |
| Wed 23:00 | 2892 | 50100 | -47208 | 6% |
| Wed 23:15 | 2933 | 49450 | -46517 | 6% |
| Wed 23:30 | 2974 | 48800 | -45826 | 6% |
| Wed 23:45 | 3016 | 48000 | -44984 | 6% |
| Thu 00:00 | 3058 | 47200 | -44142 | 6% |
| Thu 00:15 | 3063 | 47600 | -44537 | 6% |
| Thu 00:30 | 3068 | 48000 | -44932 | 6% |
| Thu 00:45 | 3073 | 47400 | -44327 | 6% |
| Thu 01:00 | 3079 | 46800 | -43721 | 7% |
| Thu 01:15 | 3083 | 46100 | -43017 | 7% |
| Thu 01:30 | 3088 | 45400 | -42312 | 7% |
| Thu 01:45 | 3093 | 44900 | -41807 | 7% |
| Thu 02:00 | 3099 | 44400 | -41301 | 7% |
| Thu 02:15 | 3106 | 44050 | -40944 | 7% |
| Thu 02:30 | 3114 | 43700 | -40586 | 7% |
| Thu 02:45 | 3121 | 43400 | -40279 | 7% |
| Thu 03:00 | 3129 | 43100 | -39971 | 7% |
| Thu 03:15 | 3143 | 43300 | -40157 | 7% |
| Thu 03:30 | 3157 | 43500 | -40343 | 7% |
| Thu 03:45 | 3171 | 43850 | -40679 | 7% |
| Thu 04:00 | 3185 | 44200 | -41015 | 7% |
| Thu 04:15 | 3209 | 44950 | -41741 | 7% |
| Thu 04:30 | 3234 | 45700 | -42466 | 7% |
| Thu 04:45 | 3259 | 46650 | -43391 | 7% |
| Thu 05:00 | 3284 | 47600 | -44316 | 7% |
| Thu 05:15 | 3320 | 49000 | -45680 | 7% |
| Thu 05:30 | 3356 | 50400 | -47044 | 7% |
| Thu 05:45 | 3392 | 51700 | -48308 | 7% |
| Thu 06:00 | 3429 | 53000 | -49571 | 6% |
| Thu 06:15 | 3454 | 53950 | -50496 | 6% |
| Thu 06:30 | 3479 | 54900 | -51421 | 6% |
| Thu 06:45 | 3504 | 55500 | -51996 | 6% |
| Thu 07:00 | 3529 | 56100 | -52571 | 6% |
| Thu 07:15 | 3579 | 56500 | -52921 | 6% |
| Thu 07:30 | 3629 | 56900 | -53271 | 6% |
| Thu 07:45 | 3679 | 57000 | -53321 | 6% |
| Thu 08:00 | 3729 | 57100 | -53371 | 7% |
| Thu 08:15 | 3531 | 57050 | -53519 | 6% |
| Thu 08:30 | 3333 | 57000 | -53667 | 6% |
| Thu 08:45 | 3135 | 56950 | -53815 | 6% |
| Thu 09:00 | 2937 | 56900 | -53963 | 5% |
| Thu 09:15 | 2683 | 56600 | -53917 | 5% |
| Thu 09:30 | 2428 | 56300 | -53872 | 4% |
| Thu 09:45 | 2173 | 56150 | -53977 | 4% |
| Thu 10:00 | 1919 | 56000 | -54081 | 3% |
| Thu 10:15 | 1957 | 55900 | -53943 | 4% |
| Thu 10:30 | 1994 | 55800 | -53806 | 4% |
| Thu 10:45 | 2032 | 55900 | -53868 | 4% |
| Thu 11:00 | 2070 | 56000 | -53930 | 4% |
| Thu 11:15 | 2138 | 55700 | -53562 | 4% |
| Thu 11:30 | 2207 | 55400 | -53193 | 4% |
| Thu 11:45 | 2275 | 55600 | -53325 | 4% |
| Thu 12:00 | 2345 | 55800 | -53455 | 4% |
| Thu 12:15 | 2411 | 55000 | -52589 | 4% |
| Thu 12:30 | 2479 | 54200 | -51721 | 5% |
| Thu 12:45 | 2546 | 53850 | -51304 | 5% |
| Thu 13:00 | 2613 | 53500 | -50887 | 5% |
| Thu 13:15 | 2655 | 54150 | -51495 | 5% |
| Thu 13:30 | 2697 | 54800 | -52103 | 5% |
| Thu 13:45 | 2739 | 54200 | -51461 | 5% |
| Thu 14:00 | 2781 | 53600 | -50819 | 5% |
| Thu 14:15 | 2820 | 53050 | -50230 | 5% |
| Thu 14:30 | 2859 | 52500 | -49641 | 5% |
| Thu 14:45 | 2898 | 51900 | -49002 | 6% |
| Thu 15:00 | 2937 | 51300 | -48363 | 6% |
| Thu 15:15 | 3105 | 50900 | -47795 | 6% |
| Thu 15:30 | 3273 | 50500 | -47227 | 6% |
| Thu 15:45 | 3441 | 50250 | -46809 | 7% |
| Thu 16:00 | 3609 | 50000 | -46391 | 7% |
| Thu 16:15 | 3939 | 50650 | -46711 | 8% |
| Thu 16:30 | 4268 | 51300 | -47032 | 8% |
| Thu 16:45 | 4598 | 52500 | -47902 | 9% |