When is Azure italynorth greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-06-17 12:37 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 46% of Italy's electricity demand around 12:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:30 UTC at roughly 47% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 2% around 19:15 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 12:30 | 18220 | 38640 | -20420 | 47% |
| Wed 12:45 | 17965 | 38670 | -20705 | 46% |
| Wed 13:00 | 17806 | 38990 | -21184 | 46% |
| Wed 13:15 | 17331 | 39300 | -21969 | 44% |
| Wed 13:30 | 17018 | 39580 | -22562 | 43% |
| Wed 13:45 | 16564 | 39600 | -23036 | 42% |
| Wed 14:00 | 16091 | 40010 | -23919 | 40% |
| Wed 14:15 | 15408 | 40240 | -24832 | 38% |
| Wed 14:30 | 14749 | 40540 | -25791 | 36% |
| Wed 14:45 | 14126 | 40590 | -26464 | 35% |
| Wed 15:00 | 13578 | 40480 | -26902 | 34% |
| Wed 15:15 | 12662 | 40690 | -28028 | 31% |
| Wed 15:30 | 11870 | 40640 | -28770 | 29% |
| Wed 15:45 | 10972 | 40690 | -29718 | 27% |
| Wed 16:00 | 9880 | 40760 | -30880 | 24% |
| Wed 16:15 | 8659 | 41110 | -32451 | 21% |
| Wed 16:30 | 7495 | 41380 | -33885 | 18% |
| Wed 16:45 | 6319 | 41560 | -35241 | 15% |
| Wed 17:00 | 5300 | 41830 | -36530 | 13% |
| Wed 17:15 | 4330 | 42021 | -37691 | 10% |
| Wed 17:30 | 3454 | 41990 | -38536 | 8% |
| Wed 17:45 | 2702 | 42000 | -39298 | 6% |
| Wed 18:00 | 2117 | 41860 | -39743 | 5% |
| Wed 18:15 | 1650 | 41500 | -39850 | 4% |
| Wed 18:30 | 1278 | 41350 | -40072 | 3% |
| Wed 18:45 | 1056 | 40910 | -39854 | 3% |
| Wed 19:00 | 939 | 40650 | -39711 | 2% |
| Wed 19:15 | 895 | 40311 | -39416 | 2% |
| Wed 19:30 | 891 | 39620 | -38729 | 2% |
| Wed 19:45 | 931 | 38800 | -37869 | 2% |
| Wed 20:00 | 961 | 37900 | -36939 | 3% |
| Wed 20:15 | 962 | 37160 | -36198 | 3% |
| Wed 20:30 | 981 | 36240 | -35259 | 3% |
| Wed 20:45 | 1013 | 35790 | -34777 | 3% |
| Wed 21:00 | 1038 | 34860 | -33822 | 3% |
| Wed 21:15 | 1036 | 34110 | -33074 | 3% |
| Wed 21:30 | 1023 | 33510 | -32487 | 3% |
| Wed 21:45 | 1032 | 32840 | -31808 | 3% |