When is Azure germanynorth greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-16 21:19 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 38% of Germany's electricity demand around 21:30 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 69% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 32% around 20:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 20:15 | 15988 | 50110 | -34122 | 32% |
| Fri 20:30 | 16311 | 49279 | -32968 | 33% |
| Fri 20:45 | 16626 | 48509 | -31883 | 34% |
| Fri 21:00 | 16929 | 47605 | -30676 | 36% |
| Fri 21:15 | 17177 | 46805 | -29628 | 37% |
| Fri 21:30 | 17415 | 46100 | -28685 | 38% |
| Fri 21:45 | 17651 | 45510 | -27859 | 39% |
| Fri 22:00 | 16277 | 44686 | -28410 | 36% |
| Fri 22:15 | 16360 | 43692 | -27332 | 37% |
| Fri 22:30 | 16435 | 43178 | -26742 | 38% |
| Fri 22:45 | 16500 | 42676 | -26175 | 39% |
| Fri 23:00 | 16560 | 42065 | -25505 | 39% |
| Fri 23:15 | 16647 | 41735 | -25088 | 40% |
| Fri 23:30 | 16726 | 41270 | -24544 | 41% |
| Fri 23:45 | 16798 | 40877 | -24080 | 41% |
| Sat 00:00 | 16905 | 40811 | -23907 | 41% |
| Sat 00:15 | 17107 | 40680 | -23573 | 42% |
| Sat 00:30 | 17326 | 40573 | -23247 | 43% |
| Sat 00:45 | 17557 | 40435 | -22878 | 43% |
| Sat 01:00 | 17781 | 40288 | -22507 | 44% |
| Sat 01:15 | 18007 | 40171 | -22164 | 45% |
| Sat 01:30 | 18239 | 40165 | -21926 | 45% |
| Sat 01:45 | 18494 | 40069 | -21575 | 46% |
| Sat 02:00 | 18766 | 40289 | -21523 | 47% |
| Sat 02:15 | 19056 | 40290 | -21234 | 47% |
| Sat 02:30 | 19332 | 40312 | -20980 | 48% |
| Sat 02:45 | 19585 | 40331 | -20746 | 49% |
| Sat 03:00 | 19804 | 40593 | -20788 | 49% |
| Sat 03:15 | 19949 | 40758 | -20809 | 49% |
| Sat 03:30 | 20133 | 41134 | -21001 | 49% |
| Sat 03:45 | 20296 | 41395 | -21099 | 49% |
| Sat 04:00 | 20698 | 42024 | -21326 | 49% |
| Sat 04:15 | 20946 | 42458 | -21512 | 49% |
| Sat 04:30 | 21205 | 42763 | -21558 | 50% |
| Sat 04:45 | 21464 | 43291 | -21827 | 50% |
| Sat 05:00 | 21737 | 43796 | -22060 | 50% |
| Sat 05:15 | 21942 | 44670 | -22728 | 49% |
| Sat 05:30 | 22187 | 45447 | -23260 | 49% |
| Sat 05:45 | 22542 | 46670 | -24128 | 48% |
| Sat 06:00 | 23006 | 47091 | -24086 | 49% |
| Sat 06:15 | 23574 | 47755 | -24181 | 49% |
| Sat 06:30 | 24296 | 48411 | -24115 | 50% |
| Sat 06:45 | 25104 | 49233 | -24128 | 51% |
| Sat 07:00 | 25921 | 49790 | -23869 | 52% |
| Sat 07:15 | 26643 | 50411 | -23768 | 53% |
| Sat 07:30 | 27382 | 51057 | -23676 | 54% |
| Sat 07:45 | 28101 | 51593 | -23491 | 54% |
| Sat 08:00 | 28795 | 52299 | -23505 | 55% |
| Sat 08:15 | 29577 | 52695 | -23118 | 56% |
| Sat 08:30 | 30346 | 52968 | -22622 | 57% |
| Sat 08:45 | 31054 | 53371 | -22317 | 58% |
| Sat 09:00 | 31745 | 53359 | -21615 | 59% |
| Sat 09:15 | 32531 | 53681 | -21150 | 61% |
| Sat 09:30 | 33227 | 53540 | -20313 | 62% |
| Sat 09:45 | 33724 | 53411 | -19686 | 63% |
| Sat 10:00 | 34282 | 53524 | -19242 | 64% |
| Sat 10:15 | 34616 | 53209 | -18594 | 65% |
| Sat 10:30 | 34906 | 52890 | -17984 | 66% |
| Sat 10:45 | 35019 | 52131 | -17112 | 67% |
| Sat 11:00 | 35134 | 51741 | -16607 | 68% |
| Sat 11:15 | 35117 | 51565 | -16448 | 68% |
| Sat 11:30 | 35054 | 51319 | -16265 | 68% |
| Sat 11:45 | 34942 | 50951 | -16009 | 69% |
| Sat 12:00 | 34788 | 50340 | -15552 | 69% |
| Sat 12:15 | 34414 | 50070 | -15655 | 69% |
| Sat 12:30 | 33870 | 49718 | -15848 | 68% |
| Sat 12:45 | 33214 | 49506 | -16292 | 67% |
| Sat 13:00 | 32514 | 49326 | -16812 | 66% |
| Sat 13:15 | 31745 | 49011 | -17267 | 65% |
| Sat 13:30 | 30880 | 48614 | -17735 | 64% |
| Sat 13:45 | 29994 | 48963 | -18969 | 61% |
| Sat 14:00 | 28951 | 49339 | -20389 | 59% |
| Sat 14:15 | 27760 | 49184 | -21425 | 56% |
| Sat 14:30 | 26512 | 49374 | -22862 | 54% |
| Sat 14:45 | 25275 | 49614 | -24339 | 51% |
| Sat 15:00 | 24070 | 50048 | -25978 | 48% |
| Sat 15:15 | 23012 | 50332 | -27321 | 46% |
| Sat 15:30 | 22088 | 50482 | -28394 | 44% |
| Sat 15:45 | 21354 | 50996 | -29642 | 42% |
| Sat 16:00 | 20863 | 51532 | -30668 | 40% |
| Sat 16:15 | 20818 | 51654 | -30836 | 40% |
| Sat 16:30 | 20976 | 51896 | -30920 | 40% |
| Sat 16:45 | 21158 | 52391 | -31233 | 40% |
| Sat 17:00 | 21417 | 52400 | -30984 | 41% |
| Sat 17:15 | 21693 | 51618 | -29924 | 42% |
| Sat 17:30 | 21960 | 51401 | -29441 | 43% |
| Sat 17:45 | 22207 | 50875 | -28669 | 44% |
| Sat 18:00 | 22413 | 50684 | -28271 | 44% |
| Sat 18:15 | 22550 | 49741 | -27191 | 45% |
| Sat 18:30 | 22685 | 49203 | -26518 | 46% |
| Sat 18:45 | 22784 | 48612 | -25828 | 47% |
| Sat 19:00 | 22767 | 47946 | -25179 | 47% |
| Sat 19:15 | 22745 | 47216 | -24471 | 48% |
| Sat 19:30 | 22734 | 46654 | -23920 | 49% |
| Sat 19:45 | 22746 | 46194 | -23448 | 49% |
| Sat 20:00 | 22458 | 45662 | -23203 | 49% |
| Sat 20:15 | 22369 | 45071 | -22702 | 50% |
| Sat 20:30 | 22289 | 44403 | -22114 | 50% |
| Sat 20:45 | 22204 | 43836 | -21632 | 51% |
| Sat 21:00 | 22085 | 42933 | -20848 | 51% |
| Sat 21:15 | 21908 | 42218 | -20310 | 52% |