When is Azure francecentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-13 14:22 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 45% of France's electricity demand around 14:30 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 14:15 UTC at roughly 47% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 3% around 05:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 14:15 | 18192 | 39000 | -20808 | 47% |
| Sun 14:30 | 17516 | 38600 | -21084 | 45% |
| Sun 14:45 | 16712 | 38650 | -21938 | 43% |
| Sun 15:00 | 15915 | 38700 | -22785 | 41% |
| Sun 15:15 | 14765 | 38850 | -24085 | 38% |
| Sun 15:30 | 13715 | 39000 | -25285 | 35% |
| Sun 15:45 | 12630 | 39700 | -27070 | 32% |
| Sun 16:00 | 11409 | 40400 | -28991 | 28% |
| Sun 16:15 | 9784 | 40950 | -31166 | 24% |
| Sun 16:30 | 8506 | 41500 | -32994 | 20% |
| Sun 16:45 | 7367 | 42200 | -34833 | 17% |
| Sun 17:00 | 5866 | 42900 | -37034 | 14% |
| Sun 17:15 | 4861 | 43150 | -38289 | 11% |
| Sun 17:30 | 3928 | 43400 | -39472 | 9% |
| Sun 17:45 | 3509 | 43350 | -39841 | 8% |
| Sun 18:00 | 3073 | 43300 | -40227 | 7% |
| Sun 18:15 | 2798 | 43050 | -40252 | 6% |
| Sun 18:30 | 2754 | 42800 | -40046 | 6% |
| Sun 18:45 | 2777 | 42600 | -39823 | 7% |
| Sun 19:00 | 2802 | 42400 | -39598 | 7% |
| Sun 19:15 | 2822 | 42100 | -39278 | 7% |
| Sun 19:30 | 2841 | 41800 | -38959 | 7% |
| Sun 19:45 | 2860 | 41300 | -38440 | 7% |
| Sun 20:00 | 2879 | 40800 | -37921 | 7% |
| Sun 20:15 | 2860 | 41200 | -38340 | 7% |
| Sun 20:30 | 2842 | 41600 | -38758 | 7% |
| Sun 20:45 | 2823 | 41950 | -39127 | 7% |
| Sun 21:00 | 2804 | 42300 | -39496 | 7% |
| Sun 21:15 | 2763 | 41850 | -39087 | 7% |
| Sun 21:30 | 2722 | 41400 | -38678 | 7% |
| Sun 21:45 | 2682 | 40800 | -38118 | 7% |
| Sun 22:00 | 1945 | 40200 | -38255 | 5% |
| Sun 22:15 | 1919 | 39400 | -37481 | 5% |
| Sun 22:30 | 1893 | 38600 | -36707 | 5% |
| Sun 22:45 | 1867 | 37900 | -36033 | 5% |
| Sun 23:00 | 1841 | 37200 | -35359 | 5% |
| Sun 23:15 | 1814 | 37050 | -35236 | 5% |
| Sun 23:30 | 1787 | 36900 | -35113 | 5% |
| Sun 23:45 | 1760 | 36600 | -34840 | 5% |
| Mon 00:00 | 1734 | 36300 | -34566 | 5% |
| Mon 00:15 | 1684 | 35600 | -33916 | 5% |
| Mon 00:30 | 1635 | 34900 | -33265 | 5% |
| Mon 00:45 | 1586 | 34350 | -32764 | 5% |
| Mon 01:00 | 1537 | 33800 | -32263 | 5% |
| Mon 01:15 | 1498 | 33500 | -32002 | 4% |
| Mon 01:30 | 1459 | 33200 | -31741 | 4% |
| Mon 01:45 | 1420 | 33000 | -31580 | 4% |
| Mon 02:00 | 1381 | 32800 | -31419 | 4% |
| Mon 02:15 | 1360 | 32850 | -31490 | 4% |
| Mon 02:30 | 1340 | 32900 | -31560 | 4% |
| Mon 02:45 | 1319 | 33250 | -31931 | 4% |
| Mon 03:00 | 1299 | 33600 | -32301 | 4% |
| Mon 03:15 | 1300 | 34250 | -32950 | 4% |
| Mon 03:30 | 1302 | 34900 | -33598 | 4% |
| Mon 03:45 | 1304 | 35850 | -34546 | 4% |
| Mon 04:00 | 1306 | 36800 | -35494 | 4% |
| Mon 04:15 | 1308 | 37850 | -36542 | 3% |
| Mon 04:30 | 1310 | 38900 | -37590 | 3% |
| Mon 04:45 | 1313 | 39800 | -38487 | 3% |
| Mon 05:00 | 1315 | 40700 | -39385 | 3% |
| Mon 05:15 | 1303 | 41450 | -40147 | 3% |
| Mon 05:30 | 1345 | 42200 | -40855 | 3% |
| Mon 05:45 | 1605 | 42950 | -41345 | 4% |
| Mon 06:00 | 2066 | 43700 | -41634 | 5% |
| Mon 06:15 | 2679 | 44200 | -41521 | 6% |
| Mon 06:30 | 3272 | 44700 | -41428 | 7% |
| Mon 06:45 | 4399 | 45150 | -40751 | 10% |
| Mon 07:00 | 5394 | 45600 | -40206 | 12% |
| Mon 07:15 | 6887 | 45850 | -38963 | 15% |
| Mon 07:30 | 7956 | 46100 | -38144 | 17% |
| Mon 07:45 | 9243 | 46450 | -37207 | 20% |
| Mon 08:00 | 10506 | 46800 | -36294 | 22% |
| Mon 08:15 | 12150 | 47000 | -34850 | 26% |
| Mon 08:30 | 13259 | 47200 | -33941 | 28% |
| Mon 08:45 | 14371 | 47650 | -33279 | 30% |
| Mon 09:00 | 15331 | 48100 | -32769 | 32% |
| Mon 09:15 | 16396 | 48250 | -31854 | 34% |
| Mon 09:30 | 17278 | 48400 | -31122 | 36% |
| Mon 09:45 | 17922 | 48900 | -30978 | 37% |
| Mon 10:00 | 18487 | 49400 | -30913 | 37% |
| Mon 10:15 | 18949 | 49450 | -30501 | 38% |
| Mon 10:30 | 19407 | 49500 | -30093 | 39% |
| Mon 10:45 | 19657 | 49850 | -30193 | 39% |
| Mon 11:00 | 19951 | 50200 | -30249 | 40% |
| Mon 11:15 | 20176 | 49800 | -29624 | 41% |
| Mon 11:30 | 20422 | 49400 | -28978 | 41% |
| Mon 11:45 | 20418 | 49050 | -28632 | 42% |
| Mon 12:00 | 20411 | 48700 | -28289 | 42% |
| Mon 12:15 | 20377 | 49300 | -28923 | 41% |
| Mon 12:30 | 20325 | 49900 | -29575 | 41% |
| Mon 12:45 | 20065 | 49700 | -29635 | 40% |
| Mon 13:00 | 19816 | 49500 | -29684 | 40% |
| Mon 13:15 | 19475 | 49100 | -29625 | 40% |
| Mon 13:30 | 19127 | 48700 | -29573 | 39% |
| Mon 13:45 | 18586 | 48500 | -29914 | 38% |
| Mon 14:00 | 17931 | 48300 | -30369 | 37% |
| Mon 14:15 | 17258 | 48050 | -30792 | 36% |
| Mon 14:30 | 16529 | 47800 | -31271 | 35% |
| Mon 14:45 | 15624 | 47600 | -31976 | 33% |
| Mon 15:00 | 14679 | 47400 | -32721 | 31% |
| Mon 15:15 | 13393 | 47450 | -34057 | 28% |