When is Azure italynorth greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-16 05:19 UTC
The Azure italynorth region runs in Milan, Italy, on the Italy 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 5% of Italy's electricity demand around 05:30 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:00 UTC at roughly 46% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 2% around 18:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure italynorth
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 05:15 | 1303 | 36190 | -34887 | 4% |
| Wed 05:30 | 1930 | 37120 | -35190 | 5% |
| Wed 05:45 | 2752 | 37950 | -35198 | 7% |
| Wed 06:00 | 3788 | 39090 | -35302 | 10% |
| Wed 06:15 | 4988 | 39610 | -34622 | 13% |
| Wed 06:30 | 6277 | 40061 | -33784 | 16% |
| Wed 06:45 | 7522 | 40091 | -32569 | 19% |
| Wed 07:00 | 8839 | 39670 | -30831 | 22% |
| Wed 07:15 | 9952 | 39669 | -29717 | 25% |
| Wed 07:30 | 11006 | 39590 | -28584 | 28% |
| Wed 07:45 | 12022 | 39320 | -27298 | 31% |
| Wed 08:00 | 12815 | 38591 | -25776 | 33% |
| Wed 08:15 | 13543 | 38750 | -25207 | 35% |
| Wed 08:30 | 14166 | 38700 | -24534 | 37% |
| Wed 08:45 | 14776 | 38390 | -23614 | 38% |
| Wed 09:00 | 15137 | 38271 | -23134 | 40% |
| Wed 09:15 | 15442 | 38360 | -22918 | 40% |
| Wed 09:30 | 15788 | 38270 | -22482 | 41% |
| Wed 09:45 | 16030 | 37939 | -21909 | 42% |
| Wed 10:00 | 16180 | 36800 | -20620 | 44% |
| Wed 10:15 | 16274 | 36541 | -20267 | 45% |
| Wed 10:30 | 16394 | 36289 | -19895 | 45% |
| Wed 10:45 | 16485 | 36279 | -19794 | 45% |
| Wed 11:00 | 16551 | 36340 | -19789 | 46% |
| Wed 11:15 | 16397 | 36419 | -20022 | 45% |
| Wed 11:30 | 16317 | 36751 | -20434 | 44% |
| Wed 11:45 | 16228 | 36990 | -20762 | 44% |
| Wed 12:00 | 16127 | 37031 | -20904 | 44% |
| Wed 12:15 | 15786 | 37360 | -21574 | 42% |
| Wed 12:30 | 15666 | 37731 | -22065 | 42% |
| Wed 12:45 | 15369 | 37570 | -22201 | 41% |
| Wed 13:00 | 14875 | 37809 | -22934 | 39% |
| Wed 13:15 | 14326 | 37939 | -23613 | 38% |
| Wed 13:30 | 13822 | 38240 | -24418 | 36% |
| Wed 13:45 | 13214 | 38540 | -25326 | 34% |
| Wed 14:00 | 12496 | 38500 | -26004 | 32% |
| Wed 14:15 | 11746 | 38730 | -26984 | 30% |
| Wed 14:30 | 10843 | 38860 | -28017 | 28% |
| Wed 14:45 | 9965 | 39080 | -29115 | 25% |
| Wed 15:00 | 8994 | 38980 | -29986 | 23% |
| Wed 15:15 | 7870 | 39521 | -31651 | 20% |
| Wed 15:30 | 6705 | 39591 | -32886 | 17% |
| Wed 15:45 | 5534 | 39730 | -34196 | 14% |
| Wed 16:00 | 4497 | 39529 | -35032 | 11% |
| Wed 16:15 | 3467 | 39739 | -36272 | 9% |
| Wed 16:30 | 2527 | 39979 | -37452 | 6% |
| Wed 16:45 | 1788 | 40270 | -38482 | 4% |
| Wed 17:00 | 1506 | 41460 | -39954 | 4% |
| Wed 17:15 | 1290 | 42000 | -40710 | 3% |
| Wed 17:30 | 1126 | 42290 | -41164 | 3% |
| Wed 17:45 | 1000 | 42210 | -41210 | 2% |
| Wed 18:00 | 969 | 41840 | -40871 | 2% |
| Wed 18:15 | 903 | 41320 | -40417 | 2% |
| Wed 18:30 | 816 | 40521 | -39705 | 2% |
| Wed 18:45 | 779 | 39811 | -39032 | 2% |
| Wed 19:00 | 781 | 39101 | -38320 | 2% |
| Wed 19:15 | 791 | 38360 | -37569 | 2% |
| Wed 19:30 | 821 | 37441 | -36620 | 2% |
| Wed 19:45 | 846 | 36320 | -35474 | 2% |
| Wed 20:00 | 859 | 35311 | -34452 | 2% |
| Wed 20:15 | 864 | 34780 | -33916 | 2% |
| Wed 20:30 | 851 | 33990 | -33139 | 3% |
| Wed 20:45 | 862 | 33381 | -32519 | 3% |
| Wed 21:00 | 859 | 32471 | -31612 | 3% |
| Wed 21:15 | 903 | 31999 | -31096 | 3% |
| Wed 21:30 | 944 | 31460 | -30516 | 3% |
| Wed 21:45 | 995 | 30740 | -29745 | 3% |