When is Azure francesouth greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-06-06 14:01 UTC
The Azure francesouth region runs in
Marseille, 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 14:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 16:30 UTC at roughly 52% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 21% around 21:30 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure francesouth
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 14:00 | 17093 | 37300 | -20207 | 46% |
| Sat 14:15 | 16809 | 37050 | -20241 | 45% |
| Sat 14:30 | 16511 | 36800 | -20289 | 45% |
| Sat 14:45 | 16092 | 36650 | -20558 | 44% |
| Sat 15:00 | 17971 | 36500 | -18529 | 49% |
| Sat 15:15 | 17410 | 36800 | -19390 | 47% |
| Sat 15:30 | 16868 | 37100 | -20232 | 45% |
| Sat 15:45 | 16323 | 37700 | -21377 | 43% |
| Sat 16:00 | 15649 | 38300 | -22651 | 41% |
| Sat 16:15 | 14799 | 38700 | -23901 | 38% |
| Sat 16:30 | 20240 | 39100 | -18860 | 52% |
| Sat 16:45 | 19240 | 39550 | -20310 | 49% |
| Sat 17:00 | 18024 | 40000 | -21976 | 45% |
| Sat 17:45 | 14666 | 39750 | -25084 | 37% |
| Sat 18:00 | 13518 | 39500 | -25982 | 34% |
| Sat 18:15 | 12585 | 39000 | -26415 | 32% |
| Sat 18:30 | 11674 | 38500 | -26826 | 30% |
| Sat 18:45 | 10967 | 38000 | -27033 | 29% |
| Sat 19:00 | 10284 | 37500 | -27216 | 27% |
| Sat 19:15 | 9801 | 37600 | -27799 | 26% |
| Sat 19:30 | 9421 | 37700 | -28279 | 25% |
| Sat 20:15 | 8949 | 38550 | -29601 | 23% |
| Sat 20:30 | 8897 | 39400 | -30503 | 23% |
| Sat 20:45 | 8846 | 40200 | -31354 | 22% |
| Sat 21:00 | 8795 | 41000 | -32205 | 21% |
| Sat 21:15 | 8707 | 40750 | -32043 | 21% |
| Sat 21:30 | 8620 | 40500 | -31880 | 21% |
| Sat 21:45 | 8533 | 40000 | -31467 | 21% |