When is Azure germanynorth greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-07-21 16:07 UTC
The Azure germanynorth region runs in Berlin, Germany, on the Germany 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 54% of Germany's electricity demand around 16:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 15:45 UTC at roughly 63% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 21% around 19:15 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure germanynorth
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 15:45 | 35407 | 56483 | -21076 | 63% |
| Tue 16:00 | 33153 | 56711 | -23557 | 58% |
| Tue 16:15 | 30735 | 56889 | -26154 | 54% |
| Tue 16:30 | 28275 | 56967 | -28692 | 50% |
| Tue 16:45 | 25903 | 57003 | -31100 | 45% |
| Tue 17:00 | 23564 | 57044 | -33480 | 41% |
| Tue 17:15 | 21195 | 56750 | -35555 | 37% |
| Tue 17:30 | 19046 | 56509 | -37463 | 34% |
| Tue 17:45 | 17180 | 56368 | -39188 | 30% |
| Tue 18:00 | 15600 | 56232 | -40632 | 28% |
| Tue 18:15 | 14329 | 55872 | -41543 | 26% |
| Tue 18:30 | 13252 | 55405 | -42153 | 24% |
| Tue 18:45 | 12318 | 55097 | -42779 | 22% |
| Tue 19:00 | 11602 | 54508 | -42905 | 21% |
| Tue 19:15 | 11375 | 54141 | -42767 | 21% |
| Tue 19:30 | 11377 | 53466 | -42089 | 21% |
| Tue 19:45 | 11421 | 52887 | -41466 | 22% |
| Tue 20:00 | 11448 | 52014 | -40566 | 22% |
| Tue 20:15 | 11575 | 51134 | -39559 | 23% |
| Tue 20:30 | 11697 | 50360 | -38663 | 23% |
| Tue 20:45 | 11811 | 49643 | -37831 | 24% |
| Tue 21:00 | 11922 | 48658 | -36736 | 25% |
| Tue 21:15 | 11998 | 47991 | -35993 | 25% |
| Tue 21:30 | 12054 | 47549 | -35496 | 25% |
| Tue 21:45 | 12097 | 46976 | -34879 | 26% |