When is Azure italynorth greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-01 13:49 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 47% of Italy's electricity demand around 14:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 13:15 UTC at roughly 53% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 1% around 19:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 13:15 | 18342 | 34771 | -16429 | 53% |
| Sat 13:30 | 17941 | 34950 | -17009 | 51% |
| Sat 13:45 | 17343 | 35060 | -17717 | 49% |
| Sat 14:00 | 16718 | 35390 | -18672 | 47% |
| Sat 14:15 | 16069 | 35970 | -19901 | 45% |
| Sat 14:30 | 15327 | 36280 | -20953 | 42% |
| Sat 14:45 | 14482 | 36370 | -21888 | 40% |
| Sat 15:00 | 13780 | 36620 | -22840 | 38% |
| Sat 15:15 | 12815 | 37009 | -24194 | 35% |
| Sat 15:30 | 11844 | 37550 | -25706 | 32% |
| Sat 15:45 | 10635 | 37920 | -27285 | 28% |
| Sat 16:00 | 9607 | 38280 | -28673 | 25% |
| Sat 16:15 | 8350 | 38580 | -30230 | 22% |
| Sat 16:30 | 6900 | 39090 | -32190 | 18% |
| Sat 16:45 | 5488 | 39330 | -33842 | 14% |
| Sat 17:00 | 4277 | 39611 | -35334 | 11% |
| Sat 17:15 | 3187 | 39841 | -36654 | 8% |
| Sat 17:30 | 2322 | 39860 | -37538 | 6% |
| Sat 17:45 | 1664 | 39901 | -38237 | 4% |
| Sat 18:00 | 1188 | 40010 | -38822 | 3% |
| Sat 18:15 | 882 | 39890 | -39008 | 2% |
| Sat 18:30 | 717 | 39891 | -39174 | 2% |
| Sat 18:45 | 647 | 39850 | -39203 | 2% |
| Sat 19:00 | 567 | 39630 | -39063 | 1% |
| Sat 19:15 | 511 | 39170 | -38659 | 1% |
| Sat 19:30 | 490 | 38790 | -38300 | 1% |
| Sat 19:45 | 500 | 38249 | -37749 | 1% |
| Sat 20:00 | 526 | 37819 | -37293 | 1% |
| Sat 20:15 | 528 | 37109 | -36581 | 1% |
| Sat 20:30 | 551 | 36410 | -35859 | 2% |
| Sat 20:45 | 578 | 36139 | -35561 | 2% |
| Sat 21:00 | 604 | 35580 | -34976 | 2% |
| Sat 21:15 | 633 | 34851 | -34218 | 2% |
| Sat 21:30 | 681 | 34221 | -33540 | 2% |
| Sat 21:45 | 689 | 33670 | -32981 | 2% |