When is Azure francesouth greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-07-21 16:07 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 36% of France's electricity demand around 16:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 47% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 10% around 04:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 16:00 | 19012 | 50103 | -31091 | 38% |
| Tue 16:15 | 18018 | 50432 | -32414 | 36% |
| Tue 16:30 | 16979 | 50761 | -33782 | 33% |
| Tue 16:45 | 15999 | 51084 | -35085 | 31% |
| Tue 17:00 | 14779 | 51407 | -36628 | 29% |
| Tue 17:15 | 13598 | 51262 | -37664 | 27% |
| Tue 17:30 | 12245 | 51117 | -38872 | 24% |
| Tue 17:45 | 11188 | 50770 | -39582 | 22% |
| Tue 18:00 | 9989 | 50423 | -40434 | 20% |
| Tue 18:15 | 8924 | 49844 | -40920 | 18% |
| Tue 18:30 | 8009 | 49264 | -41255 | 16% |
| Tue 18:45 | 7377 | 48712 | -41335 | 15% |
| Tue 19:00 | 6827 | 48161 | -41334 | 14% |
| Tue 19:15 | 6438 | 47942 | -41504 | 13% |
| Tue 19:30 | 6200 | 47723 | -41523 | 13% |
| Tue 19:45 | 6186 | 47426 | -41239 | 13% |
| Tue 20:00 | 6250 | 47128 | -40878 | 13% |
| Tue 20:15 | 6258 | 47665 | -41407 | 13% |
| Tue 20:30 | 6267 | 48202 | -41935 | 13% |
| Tue 20:45 | 6276 | 48942 | -42667 | 13% |
| Tue 21:00 | 6285 | 49683 | -43398 | 13% |
| Tue 21:15 | 6247 | 48723 | -42476 | 13% |
| Tue 21:30 | 6210 | 47763 | -41553 | 13% |
| Tue 21:45 | 6172 | 46716 | -40543 | 13% |
| Tue 22:00 | 6243 | 45000 | -38757 | 14% |
| Tue 22:15 | 6109 | 44050 | -37941 | 14% |
| Tue 22:30 | 5976 | 43100 | -37124 | 14% |
| Tue 22:45 | 5843 | 42350 | -36507 | 14% |
| Tue 23:00 | 5710 | 41600 | -35890 | 14% |
| Tue 23:15 | 5595 | 41350 | -35755 | 14% |
| Tue 23:30 | 5480 | 41100 | -35620 | 13% |
| Tue 23:45 | 5364 | 40450 | -35086 | 13% |
| Wed 00:00 | 5249 | 39800 | -34551 | 13% |
| Wed 00:15 | 5172 | 39250 | -34078 | 13% |
| Wed 00:30 | 5094 | 38700 | -33606 | 13% |
| Wed 00:45 | 5016 | 38050 | -33034 | 13% |
| Wed 01:00 | 4938 | 37400 | -32462 | 13% |
| Wed 01:15 | 4858 | 37050 | -32192 | 13% |
| Wed 01:30 | 4777 | 36700 | -31923 | 13% |
| Wed 01:45 | 4697 | 36650 | -31953 | 13% |
| Wed 02:00 | 4616 | 36600 | -31984 | 13% |
| Wed 02:15 | 4532 | 36550 | -32018 | 12% |
| Wed 02:30 | 4448 | 36500 | -32052 | 12% |
| Wed 02:45 | 4364 | 36700 | -32336 | 12% |
| Wed 03:00 | 4280 | 36900 | -32620 | 12% |
| Wed 03:15 | 4194 | 37700 | -33506 | 11% |
| Wed 03:30 | 4108 | 38500 | -34392 | 11% |
| Wed 03:45 | 4022 | 38750 | -34728 | 10% |
| Wed 04:00 | 3948 | 39000 | -35052 | 10% |
| Wed 04:15 | 3907 | 39750 | -35843 | 10% |
| Wed 04:30 | 3897 | 40500 | -36603 | 10% |
| Wed 04:45 | 4063 | 40950 | -36887 | 10% |
| Wed 05:00 | 4335 | 41400 | -37065 | 10% |
| Wed 05:15 | 4657 | 42100 | -37443 | 11% |
| Wed 05:30 | 5050 | 42800 | -37750 | 12% |
| Wed 05:45 | 5766 | 43550 | -37784 | 13% |
| Wed 06:00 | 6614 | 44300 | -37686 | 15% |
| Wed 06:15 | 7450 | 44500 | -37050 | 17% |
| Wed 06:30 | 8234 | 44700 | -36466 | 18% |
| Wed 06:45 | 9363 | 45200 | -35837 | 21% |
| Wed 07:00 | 10295 | 45700 | -35405 | 23% |
| Wed 07:15 | 11697 | 46050 | -34353 | 25% |
| Wed 07:30 | 12883 | 46400 | -33517 | 28% |
| Wed 07:45 | 14148 | 46750 | -32602 | 30% |
| Wed 08:00 | 15301 | 47100 | -31799 | 32% |
| Wed 08:15 | 16492 | 47400 | -30908 | 35% |
| Wed 08:30 | 17492 | 47700 | -30208 | 37% |
| Wed 08:45 | 18379 | 48450 | -30071 | 38% |
| Wed 09:00 | 19175 | 49200 | -30025 | 39% |
| Wed 09:15 | 20026 | 49700 | -29674 | 40% |
| Wed 09:30 | 20815 | 50200 | -29385 | 41% |
| Wed 09:45 | 21493 | 50900 | -29407 | 42% |
| Wed 10:00 | 22072 | 51600 | -29528 | 43% |
| Wed 10:15 | 22528 | 51350 | -28822 | 44% |
| Wed 10:30 | 22927 | 51100 | -28173 | 45% |
| Wed 10:45 | 23173 | 51650 | -28477 | 45% |
| Wed 11:00 | 23428 | 52200 | -28772 | 45% |
| Wed 11:15 | 23603 | 51450 | -27847 | 46% |
| Wed 11:30 | 23740 | 50700 | -26960 | 47% |
| Wed 11:45 | 23804 | 50450 | -26646 | 47% |
| Wed 12:00 | 23817 | 50200 | -26383 | 47% |
| Wed 12:15 | 23808 | 51000 | -27192 | 47% |
| Wed 12:30 | 23783 | 51800 | -28017 | 46% |
| Wed 12:45 | 23717 | 51400 | -27683 | 46% |
| Wed 13:00 | 23575 | 51000 | -27425 | 46% |
| Wed 13:15 | 23355 | 50300 | -26945 | 46% |
| Wed 13:30 | 23058 | 49600 | -26542 | 46% |
| Wed 13:45 | 22624 | 49400 | -26776 | 46% |
| Wed 14:00 | 22120 | 49200 | -27080 | 45% |
| Wed 14:15 | 21640 | 49250 | -27610 | 44% |
| Wed 14:30 | 21034 | 49300 | -28266 | 43% |
| Wed 14:45 | 20337 | 49050 | -28713 | 41% |
| Wed 15:00 | 19705 | 48800 | -29095 | 40% |
| Wed 15:15 | 18989 | 48550 | -29561 | 39% |
| Wed 15:30 | 18254 | 48300 | -30046 | 38% |
| Wed 15:45 | 17348 | 48750 | -31402 | 36% |
| Wed 16:00 | 16342 | 49200 | -32858 | 33% |
| Wed 16:15 | 15276 | 49400 | -34124 | 31% |
| Wed 16:30 | 14189 | 49600 | -35411 | 29% |
| Wed 16:45 | 13131 | 50400 | -37269 | 26% |
| Wed 17:00 | 11885 | 51200 | -39315 | 23% |