When is Azure francecentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-07-30 10:44 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 38% of France's electricity demand around 10:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 41% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 5% around 19:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:30 | 19579 | 52100 | -32521 | 38% |
| Thu 10:45 | 19912 | 52400 | -32488 | 38% |
| Thu 11:00 | 20282 | 52700 | -32418 | 38% |
| Thu 11:15 | 20523 | 52200 | -31677 | 39% |
| Thu 11:30 | 20710 | 51700 | -30990 | 40% |
| Thu 11:45 | 20788 | 51550 | -30762 | 40% |
| Thu 12:00 | 20839 | 51400 | -30561 | 41% |
| Thu 12:15 | 20934 | 52250 | -31316 | 40% |
| Thu 12:30 | 20995 | 53100 | -32105 | 40% |
| Thu 12:45 | 20913 | 52950 | -32037 | 39% |
| Thu 13:00 | 20822 | 52800 | -31978 | 39% |
| Thu 13:15 | 20634 | 52300 | -31666 | 39% |
| Thu 13:30 | 20414 | 51800 | -31386 | 39% |
| Thu 13:45 | 19992 | 51350 | -31358 | 39% |
| Thu 14:00 | 19499 | 50900 | -31401 | 38% |
| Thu 14:15 | 19049 | 50750 | -31701 | 38% |
| Thu 14:30 | 18497 | 50600 | -32103 | 37% |
| Thu 14:45 | 17865 | 50300 | -32435 | 36% |
| Thu 15:00 | 17170 | 50000 | -32830 | 34% |
| Thu 15:15 | 16429 | 50150 | -33721 | 33% |
| Thu 15:30 | 15625 | 50300 | -34675 | 31% |
| Thu 15:45 | 14693 | 50500 | -35807 | 29% |
| Thu 16:00 | 13636 | 50700 | -37064 | 27% |
| Thu 16:15 | 12527 | 51000 | -38473 | 25% |
| Thu 16:30 | 11441 | 51300 | -39859 | 22% |
| Thu 16:45 | 10348 | 51700 | -41352 | 20% |
| Thu 17:00 | 9142 | 52100 | -42958 | 18% |
| Thu 17:15 | 8066 | 52000 | -43934 | 16% |
| Thu 17:30 | 6796 | 51900 | -45104 | 13% |
| Thu 17:45 | 5853 | 51400 | -45547 | 11% |
| Thu 18:00 | 4841 | 50900 | -46059 | 10% |
| Thu 18:15 | 4042 | 50150 | -46108 | 8% |
| Thu 18:30 | 3413 | 49400 | -45987 | 7% |
| Thu 18:45 | 3039 | 48800 | -45761 | 6% |
| Thu 19:00 | 2682 | 48200 | -45518 | 6% |
| Thu 19:15 | 2423 | 47800 | -45377 | 5% |
| Thu 19:30 | 2344 | 47400 | -45056 | 5% |
| Thu 19:45 | 2412 | 47100 | -44688 | 5% |
| Thu 20:00 | 2499 | 46800 | -44301 | 5% |
| Thu 20:15 | 2588 | 47350 | -44762 | 5% |
| Thu 20:30 | 2677 | 47900 | -45223 | 6% |
| Thu 20:45 | 2766 | 48350 | -45584 | 6% |
| Thu 21:00 | 2855 | 48800 | -45945 | 6% |
| Thu 21:15 | 2914 | 47700 | -44786 | 6% |
| Thu 21:30 | 2972 | 46600 | -43628 | 6% |
| Thu 21:45 | 3031 | 45850 | -42819 | 7% |