When is Azure polandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-07-30 10:43 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 73% of Poland's electricity demand around 10:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 10:30 UTC at roughly 74% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 9% around 18:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:30 | 15620 | 21200 | -5580 | 74% |
| Thu 10:45 | 15607 | 21350 | -5743 | 73% |
| Thu 11:00 | 15530 | 21400 | -5870 | 73% |
| Thu 11:30 | 15122 | 21300 | -6178 | 71% |
| Thu 11:45 | 14855 | 20900 | -6045 | 71% |
| Thu 12:00 | 14593 | 21000 | -6407 | 69% |
| Thu 12:15 | 14314 | 21100 | -6786 | 68% |
| Thu 12:30 | 14021 | 21200 | -7179 | 66% |
| Thu 12:45 | 13480 | 21300 | -7820 | 63% |
| Thu 13:00 | 13174 | 21400 | -8226 | 62% |
| Thu 13:15 | 12544 | 21500 | -8956 | 58% |
| Thu 14:30 | 10054 | 21700 | -11646 | 46% |
| Thu 14:45 | 9546 | 21800 | -12254 | 44% |
| Thu 15:00 | 9005 | 21900 | -12895 | 41% |
| Thu 15:15 | 8434 | 22000 | -13566 | 38% |
| Thu 15:30 | 7821 | 22150 | -14329 | 35% |
| Thu 15:45 | 7173 | 22200 | -15027 | 32% |
| Thu 17:45 | 2287 | 22150 | -19863 | 10% |
| Thu 18:00 | 2095 | 22050 | -19955 | 10% |
| Thu 18:15 | 2046 | 21900 | -19854 | 9% |
| Thu 18:30 | 2097 | 21550 | -19453 | 10% |
| Thu 18:45 | 2212 | 21350 | -19138 | 10% |
| Thu 19:00 | 2425 | 21050 | -18625 | 12% |
| Thu 19:15 | 2612 | 20750 | -18138 | 13% |
| Thu 19:30 | 2808 | 20400 | -17592 | 14% |
| Thu 19:45 | 3051 | 19900 | -16849 | 15% |
| Thu 20:00 | 3264 | 19650 | -16386 | 17% |
| Thu 20:15 | 3425 | 19350 | -15925 | 18% |
| Thu 20:30 | 3547 | 18750 | -15203 | 19% |
| Thu 20:45 | 3678 | 18400 | -14722 | 20% |
| Thu 21:00 | 3799 | 18050 | -14251 | 21% |
| Thu 21:15 | 3819 | 17600 | -13781 | 22% |
| Thu 21:30 | 3839 | 17250 | -13411 | 22% |
| Thu 21:45 | 3848 | 16850 | -13002 | 23% |