When is Azure polandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-13 18:40 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 18:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:45 UTC at roughly 40% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 3% around 04:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18:00 | 911 | 17450 | -16539 | 5% |
| Sun 18:15 | 925 | 17400 | -16475 | 5% |
| Sun 18:30 | 937 | 17150 | -16213 | 5% |
| Sun 18:45 | 953 | 16900 | -15947 | 6% |
| Sun 19:00 | 965 | 16650 | -15685 | 6% |
| Sun 19:15 | 972 | 16400 | -15428 | 6% |
| Sun 19:30 | 977 | 16100 | -15123 | 6% |
| Sun 19:45 | 983 | 15850 | -14867 | 6% |
| Sun 20:00 | 986 | 15550 | -14564 | 6% |
| Sun 20:15 | 977 | 15350 | -14373 | 6% |
| Sun 20:30 | 969 | 15150 | -14181 | 6% |
| Sun 20:45 | 962 | 14850 | -13888 | 6% |
| Sun 21:00 | 952 | 14550 | -13598 | 7% |
| Sun 21:15 | 937 | 14250 | -13313 | 7% |
| Sun 21:30 | 921 | 14100 | -13179 | 7% |
| Sun 21:45 | 906 | 13900 | -12994 | 7% |
| Sun 22:00 | 742 | 13800 | -13058 | 5% |
| Sun 22:15 | 725 | 13750 | -13025 | 5% |
| Sun 22:30 | 708 | 13600 | -12892 | 5% |
| Sun 22:45 | 691 | 13500 | -12809 | 5% |
| Sun 23:00 | 672 | 13400 | -12728 | 5% |
| Sun 23:15 | 652 | 13300 | -12648 | 5% |
| Sun 23:30 | 632 | 13250 | -12618 | 5% |
| Mon 01:45 | 500 | 13300 | -12800 | 4% |
| Mon 02:00 | 496 | 13450 | -12954 | 4% |
| Mon 02:15 | 498 | 13600 | -13102 | 4% |
| Mon 02:30 | 500 | 13750 | -13250 | 4% |
| Mon 02:45 | 502 | 14050 | -13548 | 4% |
| Mon 03:00 | 503 | 14350 | -13847 | 4% |
| Mon 03:15 | 503 | 14750 | -14247 | 3% |
| Mon 03:30 | 504 | 15050 | -14546 | 3% |
| Mon 03:45 | 505 | 15700 | -15195 | 3% |
| Mon 04:00 | 521 | 16850 | -16329 | 3% |
| Mon 04:15 | 558 | 17600 | -17042 | 3% |
| Mon 04:30 | 621 | 18100 | -17479 | 3% |
| Mon 04:45 | 728 | 18800 | -18072 | 4% |
| Mon 05:00 | 890 | 19300 | -18410 | 5% |
| Mon 05:15 | 1150 | 19650 | -18500 | 6% |
| Mon 05:30 | 1424 | 19700 | -18276 | 7% |
| Mon 05:45 | 1724 | 19850 | -18126 | 9% |
| Mon 06:00 | 2042 | 20300 | -18258 | 10% |
| Mon 06:15 | 2388 | 20450 | -18062 | 12% |
| Mon 06:30 | 2755 | 20600 | -17845 | 13% |
| Mon 06:45 | 3133 | 20700 | -17567 | 15% |
| Mon 07:45 | 4768 | 20450 | -15682 | 23% |
| Mon 08:00 | 5187 | 20400 | -15213 | 25% |
| Mon 08:15 | 5615 | 20600 | -14985 | 27% |
| Mon 08:30 | 6031 | 20850 | -14819 | 29% |
| Mon 08:45 | 6415 | 21200 | -14785 | 30% |
| Mon 09:00 | 6758 | 21300 | -14542 | 32% |
| Mon 09:15 | 7075 | 21350 | -14275 | 33% |
| Mon 11:15 | 8201 | 21250 | -13049 | 39% |
| Mon 11:30 | 8230 | 21050 | -12820 | 39% |
| Mon 11:45 | 8255 | 20550 | -12295 | 40% |
| Mon 12:00 | 7758 | 20450 | -12692 | 38% |
| Mon 12:15 | 7739 | 20500 | -12761 | 38% |
| Mon 12:30 | 7695 | 20600 | -12905 | 37% |
| Mon 12:45 | 7611 | 20650 | -13039 | 37% |
| Mon 13:00 | 7476 | 20750 | -13274 | 36% |
| Mon 13:15 | 7295 | 20800 | -13505 | 35% |
| Mon 14:00 | 6459 | 20850 | -14391 | 31% |
| Mon 14:15 | 6041 | 20900 | -14859 | 29% |
| Mon 14:30 | 5578 | 21000 | -15422 | 27% |
| Mon 15:45 | 3122 | 20800 | -17678 | 15% |
| Mon 16:00 | 2656 | 20700 | -18044 | 13% |
| Mon 16:30 | 1749 | 20800 | -19051 | 8% |
| Mon 16:45 | 1396 | 20650 | -19254 | 7% |
| Mon 17:00 | 1179 | 20750 | -19571 | 6% |
| Mon 17:15 | 1082 | 21000 | -19918 | 5% |
| Mon 17:30 | 1051 | 21200 | -20149 | 5% |
| Mon 18:15 | 1032 | 21050 | -20018 | 5% |
| Mon 18:30 | 1028 | 20750 | -19722 | 5% |
| Mon 18:45 | 1025 | 20450 | -19425 | 5% |
| Mon 19:00 | 1019 | 20000 | -18981 | 5% |