When is Azure polandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-28 21:28 UTC
The Azure polandcentral region runs in Warsaw, Poland, on the Poland 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 6% of Poland's electricity demand around 21:30 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:15 UTC at roughly 24% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 4% around 19:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure polandcentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 20:45 | 1106 | 19900 | -18794 | 6% |
| Wed 21:00 | 1133 | 19650 | -18517 | 6% |
| Wed 21:15 | 1146 | 19400 | -18254 | 6% |
| Wed 21:30 | 1163 | 19050 | -17887 | 6% |
| Wed 21:45 | 1179 | 18700 | -17521 | 6% |
| Wed 22:00 | 1195 | 18300 | -17105 | 7% |
| Wed 22:15 | 1199 | 18000 | -16801 | 7% |
| Wed 22:30 | 1206 | 17650 | -16444 | 7% |
| Wed 22:45 | 1210 | 17400 | -16190 | 7% |
| Wed 23:00 | 1138 | 17150 | -16012 | 7% |
| Wed 23:15 | 1141 | 17000 | -15859 | 7% |
| Wed 23:30 | 1145 | 16850 | -15705 | 7% |
| Wed 23:45 | 1149 | 16700 | -15551 | 7% |
| Thu 00:00 | 1153 | 16550 | -15397 | 7% |
| Thu 00:15 | 1145 | 16450 | -15305 | 7% |
| Thu 00:30 | 1144 | 16350 | -15206 | 7% |
| Thu 00:45 | 1132 | 16200 | -15068 | 7% |
| Thu 02:45 | 1047 | 16300 | -15253 | 6% |
| Thu 03:00 | 1033 | 16500 | -15467 | 6% |
| Thu 03:15 | 1020 | 16700 | -15680 | 6% |
| Thu 03:30 | 1008 | 16900 | -15892 | 6% |
| Thu 03:45 | 995 | 17050 | -16055 | 6% |
| Thu 04:00 | 994 | 17400 | -16406 | 6% |
| Thu 04:15 | 989 | 17750 | -16761 | 6% |
| Thu 04:30 | 990 | 18150 | -17160 | 5% |
| Thu 04:45 | 983 | 18700 | -17717 | 5% |
| Thu 05:00 | 988 | 19950 | -18962 | 5% |
| Thu 05:15 | 977 | 20550 | -19573 | 5% |
| Thu 05:30 | 990 | 21100 | -20110 | 5% |
| Thu 05:45 | 1044 | 21600 | -20556 | 5% |
| Thu 06:00 | 1180 | 22100 | -20920 | 5% |
| Thu 06:15 | 1367 | 22200 | -20833 | 6% |
| Thu 06:30 | 1601 | 22400 | -20799 | 7% |
| Thu 06:45 | 1860 | 22650 | -20790 | 8% |
| Thu 07:00 | 2106 | 22800 | -20694 | 9% |
| Thu 07:15 | 2347 | 22950 | -20603 | 10% |
| Thu 07:30 | 2591 | 23050 | -20459 | 11% |
| Thu 07:45 | 2847 | 23100 | -20253 | 12% |
| Thu 08:30 | 3694 | 22950 | -19256 | 16% |
| Thu 08:45 | 3971 | 22700 | -18729 | 17% |
| Thu 09:00 | 4237 | 22650 | -18413 | 19% |
| Thu 09:15 | 4502 | 22750 | -18248 | 20% |
| Thu 09:30 | 4748 | 22900 | -18152 | 21% |
| Thu 09:45 | 4959 | 23050 | -18091 | 22% |
| Thu 10:00 | 5131 | 23100 | -17969 | 22% |
| Thu 10:15 | 5273 | 23150 | -17877 | 23% |
| Thu 10:45 | 5470 | 23200 | -17730 | 24% |
| Thu 11:00 | 5521 | 23300 | -17779 | 24% |
| Thu 11:15 | 5547 | 23400 | -17853 | 24% |
| Thu 12:30 | 4953 | 23000 | -18047 | 22% |
| Thu 12:45 | 4672 | 22400 | -17728 | 21% |
| Thu 13:00 | 4366 | 22600 | -18234 | 19% |
| Thu 13:15 | 4010 | 22700 | -18690 | 18% |
| Thu 15:15 | 1213 | 22900 | -21687 | 5% |
| Thu 15:30 | 1114 | 23300 | -22186 | 5% |
| Thu 16:15 | 1050 | 23250 | -22200 | 5% |
| Thu 16:30 | 1058 | 23150 | -22092 | 5% |
| Thu 16:45 | 1065 | 22900 | -21835 | 5% |
| Thu 17:00 | 1069 | 22850 | -21781 | 5% |
| Thu 17:15 | 1058 | 22900 | -21842 | 5% |
| Thu 18:45 | 963 | 22850 | -21887 | 4% |
| Thu 19:00 | 953 | 22700 | -21747 | 4% |
| Thu 19:15 | 950 | 22500 | -21550 | 4% |
| Thu 19:30 | 947 | 22250 | -21303 | 4% |
| Thu 19:45 | 951 | 21950 | -20999 | 4% |
| Thu 20:00 | 955 | 21550 | -20595 | 4% |
| Thu 20:15 | 967 | 21050 | -20083 | 5% |
| Thu 20:30 | 976 | 20600 | -19624 | 5% |
| Thu 20:45 | 993 | 19900 | -18907 | 5% |
| Thu 21:00 | 1008 | 19650 | -18642 | 5% |
| Thu 21:15 | 1020 | 19400 | -18380 | 5% |
| Thu 21:30 | 1033 | 19050 | -18017 | 5% |
| Thu 21:45 | 1044 | 18700 | -17656 | 6% |