When is Azure francecentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-06-15 08:43 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 37% of France's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 46% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 08:30 | 16646 | 46700 | -30054 | 36% |
| Mon 08:45 | 17413 | 46900 | -29487 | 37% |
| Mon 09:00 | 18074 | 47100 | -29026 | 38% |
| Mon 09:15 | 18852 | 47250 | -28398 | 40% |
| Mon 09:30 | 19506 | 47400 | -27894 | 41% |
| Mon 09:45 | 20033 | 47850 | -27817 | 42% |
| Mon 10:00 | 20478 | 48300 | -27822 | 42% |
| Mon 10:15 | 20857 | 48150 | -27293 | 43% |
| Mon 10:30 | 21171 | 48000 | -26829 | 44% |
| Mon 10:45 | 21411 | 48500 | -27089 | 44% |
| Mon 11:00 | 21601 | 49000 | -27399 | 44% |
| Mon 11:15 | 21671 | 48200 | -26529 | 45% |
| Mon 11:30 | 21708 | 47400 | -25692 | 46% |
| Mon 11:45 | 21709 | 47350 | -25641 | 46% |
| Mon 12:00 | 21734 | 47300 | -25566 | 46% |
| Mon 12:15 | 21709 | 48250 | -26541 | 45% |
| Mon 12:30 | 21732 | 49200 | -27468 | 44% |
| Mon 12:45 | 21707 | 48800 | -27093 | 44% |
| Mon 13:00 | 21599 | 48400 | -26801 | 45% |
| Mon 13:15 | 21319 | 48500 | -27181 | 44% |
| Mon 13:30 | 20926 | 48600 | -27674 | 43% |
| Mon 13:45 | 20426 | 48100 | -27674 | 42% |
| Mon 14:00 | 19920 | 47600 | -27680 | 42% |
| Mon 14:15 | 19441 | 47250 | -27809 | 41% |
| Mon 14:30 | 18829 | 46900 | -28071 | 40% |
| Mon 14:45 | 18095 | 46950 | -28855 | 39% |
| Mon 15:00 | 17342 | 47000 | -29658 | 37% |
| Mon 15:15 | 16559 | 47200 | -30641 | 35% |
| Mon 15:30 | 15769 | 47400 | -31631 | 33% |
| Mon 15:45 | 14851 | 47600 | -32749 | 31% |
| Mon 16:00 | 13892 | 47800 | -33908 | 29% |
| Mon 16:15 | 12837 | 48300 | -35463 | 27% |
| Mon 16:30 | 11744 | 48800 | -37056 | 24% |
| Mon 16:45 | 10651 | 49400 | -38749 | 22% |
| Mon 17:00 | 9440 | 50000 | -40560 | 19% |
| Mon 17:15 | 8370 | 49800 | -41430 | 17% |
| Mon 17:30 | 7165 | 49600 | -42435 | 14% |
| Mon 17:45 | 6203 | 48900 | -42697 | 13% |
| Mon 18:00 | 5174 | 48200 | -43026 | 11% |
| Mon 18:15 | 4395 | 47550 | -43155 | 9% |
| Mon 18:30 | 3757 | 46900 | -43143 | 8% |
| Mon 18:45 | 3343 | 46300 | -42957 | 7% |
| Mon 19:00 | 3011 | 45700 | -42689 | 7% |
| Mon 19:15 | 2794 | 45400 | -42606 | 6% |
| Mon 19:30 | 2657 | 45100 | -42443 | 6% |
| Mon 19:45 | 2708 | 44800 | -42092 | 6% |
| Mon 20:00 | 2830 | 44500 | -41670 | 6% |
| Mon 20:15 | 3022 | 45200 | -42178 | 7% |
| Mon 20:30 | 3226 | 45900 | -42674 | 7% |
| Mon 20:45 | 3431 | 46500 | -43069 | 7% |
| Mon 21:00 | 3636 | 47100 | -43464 | 8% |
| Mon 21:15 | 3822 | 46350 | -42528 | 8% |
| Mon 21:30 | 4007 | 45600 | -41593 | 9% |
| Mon 21:45 | 4193 | 44750 | -40557 | 9% |