When is Azure germanywestcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-15 12:58 UTC
The Azure germanywestcentral region runs in Frankfurt, 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 105% of Germany's electricity demand around 13:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:15 UTC at roughly 112% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 23% around 21:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
- There is forecast surplus renewable generation around 12:15 UTC — an ideal low-carbon window for flexible loads such as EV charging, laundry or heating.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure germanywestcentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12:15 | 53192 | 47703 | +5489 | 112% |
| Sat 12:30 | 52316 | 48115 | +4201 | 109% |
| Sat 12:45 | 51338 | 47921 | +3417 | 107% |
| Sat 13:00 | 50211 | 48033 | +2178 | 105% |
| Sat 13:15 | 48973 | 47815 | +1159 | 102% |
| Sat 13:30 | 47636 | 47338 | +299 | 101% |
| Sat 13:45 | 46174 | 46982 | -808 | 98% |
| Sat 14:00 | 44465 | 47613 | -3148 | 93% |
| Sat 14:15 | 42583 | 47388 | -4805 | 90% |
| Sat 14:30 | 40572 | 47371 | -6799 | 86% |
| Sat 14:45 | 38471 | 46895 | -8425 | 82% |
| Sat 15:00 | 36217 | 47593 | -11376 | 76% |
| Sat 15:15 | 33925 | 47762 | -13837 | 71% |
| Sat 15:30 | 31571 | 47382 | -15811 | 67% |
| Sat 15:45 | 29188 | 47665 | -18477 | 61% |
| Sat 16:00 | 26714 | 48475 | -21761 | 55% |
| Sat 16:15 | 24262 | 48501 | -24239 | 50% |
| Sat 16:30 | 21893 | 49265 | -27372 | 44% |
| Sat 16:45 | 19718 | 49432 | -29713 | 40% |
| Sat 17:00 | 17785 | 49592 | -31807 | 36% |
| Sat 17:15 | 16100 | 49898 | -33798 | 32% |
| Sat 17:30 | 14783 | 49715 | -34933 | 30% |
| Sat 17:45 | 13761 | 49516 | -35755 | 28% |
| Sat 18:00 | 13010 | 48994 | -35984 | 27% |
| Sat 18:15 | 12508 | 48933 | -36424 | 26% |
| Sat 18:30 | 12315 | 48449 | -36134 | 25% |
| Sat 18:45 | 12192 | 48113 | -35921 | 25% |
| Sat 19:00 | 11961 | 47880 | -35918 | 25% |
| Sat 19:15 | 11736 | 47632 | -35897 | 25% |
| Sat 19:30 | 11572 | 47167 | -35595 | 25% |
| Sat 19:45 | 11466 | 46762 | -35296 | 25% |
| Sat 20:00 | 11320 | 46193 | -34872 | 25% |
| Sat 20:15 | 11199 | 45660 | -34461 | 25% |
| Sat 20:30 | 11072 | 45203 | -34131 | 24% |
| Sat 20:45 | 10883 | 44766 | -33884 | 24% |
| Sat 21:00 | 10702 | 44014 | -33313 | 24% |
| Sat 21:15 | 10429 | 43483 | -33054 | 24% |
| Sat 21:30 | 10167 | 42832 | -32664 | 24% |
| Sat 21:45 | 9879 | 42488 | -32609 | 23% |