When is Azure polandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-15 13:59 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 84% of Poland's electricity demand around 14:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 13:45 UTC at roughly 88% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 15% around 19:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 13:45 | 13461 | 15350 | -1889 | 88% |
| Sat 14:00 | 13006 | 15400 | -2394 | 84% |
| Sat 14:15 | 12528 | 15500 | -2972 | 81% |
| Sat 14:30 | 12011 | 15550 | -3539 | 77% |
| Sat 14:45 | 11411 | 15650 | -4239 | 73% |
| Sat 15:00 | 10740 | 15800 | -5060 | 68% |
| Sat 15:15 | 10000 | 15950 | -5950 | 63% |
| Sat 15:30 | 9203 | 16100 | -6897 | 57% |
| Sat 15:45 | 8352 | 16300 | -7948 | 51% |
| Sat 16:00 | 7442 | 16450 | -9008 | 45% |
| Sat 16:15 | 6443 | 16500 | -10057 | 39% |
| Sat 19:15 | 2461 | 16450 | -13989 | 15% |
| Sat 19:30 | 2610 | 16300 | -13690 | 16% |
| Sat 19:45 | 2747 | 16050 | -13303 | 17% |
| Sat 20:00 | 2871 | 15800 | -12929 | 18% |
| Sat 20:15 | 2926 | 15550 | -12624 | 19% |
| Sat 20:30 | 2984 | 15350 | -12366 | 19% |
| Sat 20:45 | 3003 | 15050 | -12047 | 20% |
| Sat 21:00 | 3040 | 14750 | -11710 | 21% |
| Sat 21:15 | 3030 | 14400 | -11370 | 21% |
| Sat 21:30 | 3018 | 14050 | -11032 | 21% |
| Sat 21:45 | 3006 | 13700 | -10694 | 22% |