When is Azure norwayeast greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-15 14:00 UTC
The Azure norwayeast region runs in Oslo, Norway, on the Norway 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 10% of Norway's electricity demand around 14:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 21:45 UTC at roughly 11% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 22:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure norwayeast
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 13:00 | 1178 | 12513 | -11335 | 9% |
| Sat 13:15 | 1190 | 12599 | -11409 | 9% |
| Sat 13:30 | 1204 | 12595 | -11391 | 10% |
| Sat 13:45 | 1215 | 12646 | -11431 | 10% |
| Sat 14:00 | 1246 | 12671 | -11425 | 10% |
| Sat 14:15 | 1247 | 12712 | -11465 | 10% |
| Sat 14:30 | 1253 | 12716 | -11463 | 10% |
| Sat 14:45 | 1250 | 12810 | -11560 | 10% |
| Sat 15:00 | 1252 | 12717 | -11465 | 10% |
| Sat 15:15 | 1247 | 12811 | -11564 | 10% |
| Sat 15:30 | 1241 | 12841 | -11600 | 10% |
| Sat 15:45 | 1227 | 12768 | -11541 | 10% |
| Sat 16:00 | 1241 | 12875 | -11634 | 10% |
| Sat 16:15 | 1224 | 12915 | -11691 | 9% |
| Sat 16:30 | 1207 | 12900 | -11693 | 9% |
| Sat 16:45 | 1191 | 12958 | -11767 | 9% |
| Sat 17:00 | 1203 | 12935 | -11732 | 9% |
| Sat 17:15 | 1191 | 12926 | -11735 | 9% |
| Sat 17:30 | 1181 | 12993 | -11812 | 9% |
| Sat 17:45 | 1171 | 12919 | -11748 | 9% |
| Sat 18:00 | 1236 | 12990 | -11754 | 10% |
| Sat 18:15 | 1235 | 12949 | -11714 | 10% |
| Sat 18:30 | 1236 | 12822 | -11586 | 10% |
| Sat 18:45 | 1235 | 12853 | -11618 | 10% |
| Sat 19:00 | 1315 | 12756 | -11441 | 10% |
| Sat 19:15 | 1315 | 12717 | -11402 | 10% |
| Sat 19:30 | 1317 | 12691 | -11374 | 10% |
| Sat 19:45 | 1318 | 12649 | -11331 | 10% |
| Sat 20:00 | 1361 | 12582 | -11221 | 11% |
| Sat 20:15 | 1366 | 12587 | -11221 | 11% |
| Sat 20:30 | 1372 | 12544 | -11172 | 11% |
| Sat 20:45 | 1377 | 12439 | -11062 | 11% |
| Sat 21:00 | 1385 | 12365 | -10980 | 11% |
| Sat 21:15 | 1390 | 12356 | -10966 | 11% |
| Sat 21:30 | 1393 | 12248 | -10855 | 11% |
| Sat 21:45 | 1397 | 12223 | -10826 | 11% |
| Sat 22:00 | 0 | 12199 | -12199 | 0% |