When is Azure italynorth greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-31 07:00 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 30% of Italy's electricity demand around 07:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:00 UTC at roughly 61% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 9% around 16:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 06:30 | 5657 | 28720 | -23063 | 20% |
| Sat 06:45 | 6558 | 29120 | -22562 | 23% |
| Sat 07:00 | 7597 | 29880 | -22283 | 25% |
| Sat 07:15 | 9001 | 29970 | -20969 | 30% |
| Sat 07:30 | 10281 | 30440 | -20159 | 34% |
| Sat 07:45 | 11459 | 30400 | -18941 | 38% |
| Sat 08:00 | 12319 | 30180 | -17861 | 41% |
| Sat 08:15 | 13221 | 29990 | -16769 | 44% |
| Sat 08:30 | 13969 | 29620 | -15651 | 47% |
| Sat 08:45 | 14648 | 29160 | -14512 | 50% |
| Sat 09:00 | 14901 | 28980 | -14079 | 51% |
| Sat 09:15 | 15246 | 28720 | -13474 | 53% |
| Sat 09:30 | 15548 | 28550 | -13002 | 54% |
| Sat 09:45 | 15876 | 28170 | -12294 | 56% |
| Sat 10:00 | 15914 | 27920 | -12006 | 57% |
| Sat 10:15 | 16040 | 27460 | -11420 | 58% |
| Sat 10:30 | 16138 | 27150 | -11012 | 59% |
| Sat 10:45 | 16257 | 27000 | -10743 | 60% |
| Sat 11:00 | 16172 | 26360 | -10188 | 61% |
| Sat 11:15 | 15991 | 26390 | -10399 | 61% |
| Sat 11:30 | 15845 | 26330 | -10485 | 60% |
| Sat 11:45 | 15699 | 25760 | -10061 | 61% |
| Sat 12:00 | 15383 | 25600 | -10217 | 60% |
| Sat 12:15 | 14899 | 25570 | -10671 | 58% |
| Sat 12:30 | 14275 | 25460 | -11185 | 56% |
| Sat 12:45 | 13737 | 25430 | -11693 | 54% |
| Sat 13:00 | 13014 | 25470 | -12456 | 51% |
| Sat 13:15 | 12225 | 25660 | -13435 | 48% |
| Sat 13:30 | 11287 | 25920 | -14633 | 44% |
| Sat 13:45 | 10276 | 26300 | -16024 | 39% |
| Sat 14:00 | 9080 | 26550 | -17470 | 34% |
| Sat 14:15 | 7847 | 27190 | -19343 | 29% |
| Sat 14:30 | 6699 | 27820 | -21121 | 24% |
| Sat 14:45 | 5622 | 27930 | -22308 | 20% |
| Sat 15:00 | 4667 | 28390 | -23723 | 16% |
| Sat 15:15 | 3893 | 28870 | -24977 | 13% |
| Sat 15:30 | 3290 | 29180 | -25890 | 11% |
| Sat 15:45 | 2908 | 29530 | -26622 | 10% |
| Sat 16:00 | 2911 | 29850 | -26939 | 10% |
| Sat 16:15 | 2886 | 30940 | -28054 | 9% |
| Sat 16:30 | 2928 | 32010 | -29082 | 9% |
| Sat 16:45 | 2943 | 32570 | -29627 | 9% |
| Sat 17:00 | 3321 | 32860 | -29539 | 10% |
| Sat 17:15 | 3332 | 33140 | -29808 | 10% |
| Sat 17:30 | 3347 | 33360 | -30013 | 10% |
| Sat 17:45 | 3336 | 33770 | -30434 | 10% |
| Sat 18:00 | 3524 | 33690 | -30166 | 10% |
| Sat 18:15 | 3495 | 33610 | -30115 | 10% |
| Sat 18:30 | 3487 | 33190 | -29703 | 11% |
| Sat 18:45 | 3456 | 32720 | -29264 | 11% |
| Sat 19:00 | 3500 | 32340 | -28840 | 11% |
| Sat 19:15 | 3481 | 31880 | -28399 | 11% |
| Sat 19:30 | 3446 | 31330 | -27884 | 11% |
| Sat 19:45 | 3418 | 30810 | -27392 | 11% |
| Sat 20:00 | 3455 | 30110 | -26655 | 11% |
| Sat 20:15 | 3506 | 29570 | -26064 | 12% |
| Sat 20:30 | 3559 | 28750 | -25191 | 12% |
| Sat 20:45 | 3625 | 28390 | -24765 | 13% |
| Sat 21:00 | 3715 | 28000 | -24285 | 13% |
| Sat 21:15 | 3764 | 27140 | -23376 | 14% |
| Sat 21:30 | 3813 | 26490 | -22677 | 14% |
| Sat 21:45 | 3839 | 26260 | -22421 | 15% |
| Sat 22:00 | 3883 | 25750 | -21867 | 15% |
| Sat 22:15 | 3881 | 25400 | -21519 | 15% |
| Sat 22:30 | 3864 | 24900 | -21036 | 16% |
| Sat 22:45 | 3819 | 24510 | -20691 | 16% |