When is Azure germanywestcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-06-06 14:02 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 70% of Germany's electricity demand around 14:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 14:00 UTC at roughly 73% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 19% around 19:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure germanywestcentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 14:00 | 33818 | 46385 | -12567 | 73% |
| Sat 14:15 | 32547 | 46602 | -14056 | 70% |
| Sat 14:30 | 31211 | 46996 | -15785 | 66% |
| Sat 14:45 | 29731 | 46343 | -16612 | 64% |
| Sat 15:00 | 28143 | 47104 | -18961 | 60% |
| Sat 15:15 | 26421 | 46843 | -20422 | 56% |
| Sat 15:30 | 24623 | 46996 | -22372 | 52% |
| Sat 15:45 | 22784 | 47437 | -24654 | 48% |
| Sat 16:00 | 20967 | 47784 | -26817 | 44% |
| Sat 16:15 | 19213 | 47912 | -28699 | 40% |
| Sat 16:30 | 17494 | 47676 | -30182 | 37% |
| Sat 16:45 | 15852 | 47961 | -32109 | 33% |
| Sat 17:00 | 14289 | 48604 | -34314 | 29% |
| Sat 17:15 | 13046 | 48927 | -35880 | 27% |
| Sat 17:30 | 11933 | 48908 | -36975 | 24% |
| Sat 17:45 | 10984 | 48960 | -37976 | 22% |
| Sat 18:00 | 10196 | 48692 | -38496 | 21% |
| Sat 18:15 | 9563 | 48582 | -39019 | 20% |
| Sat 18:30 | 9117 | 48056 | -38938 | 19% |
| Sat 18:45 | 8833 | 47601 | -38768 | 19% |
| Sat 19:00 | 8751 | 47234 | -38483 | 19% |
| Sat 19:15 | 9017 | 46758 | -37741 | 19% |
| Sat 19:30 | 9448 | 46371 | -36923 | 20% |
| Sat 19:45 | 9932 | 46162 | -36230 | 22% |
| Sat 20:00 | 10387 | 45820 | -35433 | 23% |
| Sat 20:15 | 11043 | 45206 | -34163 | 24% |
| Sat 20:30 | 11701 | 44672 | -32971 | 26% |
| Sat 20:45 | 12338 | 44181 | -31843 | 28% |
| Sat 21:00 | 12936 | 43616 | -30680 | 30% |
| Sat 21:15 | 13469 | 43069 | -29600 | 31% |
| Sat 21:30 | 14003 | 42684 | -28681 | 33% |
| Sat 21:45 | 14550 | 42167 | -27617 | 35% |