When is Azure spaincentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-04 19:57 UTC
The Azure spaincentral region runs in Madrid, Spain, on the Spain 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 13% of Spain's electricity demand around 20:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:30 UTC at roughly 86% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 13% around 19:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure spaincentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 19:45 | 4606 | 35840 | -31234 | 13% |
| Fri 20:00 | 4708 | 35257 | -30549 | 13% |
| Fri 20:15 | 4781 | 34636 | -29855 | 14% |
| Fri 20:30 | 4841 | 34042 | -29201 | 14% |
| Fri 20:45 | 4887 | 33477 | -28590 | 15% |
| Fri 21:00 | 4918 | 32918 | -28000 | 15% |
| Fri 21:15 | 4728 | 32392 | -27664 | 15% |
| Fri 21:30 | 4957 | 31879 | -26922 | 16% |
| Fri 21:45 | 4968 | 31383 | -26415 | 16% |
| Fri 22:00 | 5682 | 30583 | -24901 | 19% |
| Fri 22:15 | 5728 | 30146 | -24418 | 19% |
| Fri 22:30 | 5753 | 29734 | -23981 | 19% |
| Fri 22:45 | 5758 | 29341 | -23583 | 20% |
| Fri 23:00 | 5802 | 28962 | -23160 | 20% |
| Fri 23:15 | 5761 | 28586 | -22825 | 20% |
| Fri 23:30 | 5696 | 28212 | -22516 | 20% |
| Fri 23:45 | 5423 | 27843 | -22420 | 19% |
| Sat 00:00 | 5528 | 27448 | -21920 | 20% |
| Sat 00:15 | 5234 | 27116 | -21882 | 19% |
| Sat 00:30 | 5292 | 26813 | -21521 | 20% |
| Sat 00:45 | 5169 | 26541 | -21372 | 19% |
| Sat 01:00 | 5003 | 26239 | -21236 | 19% |
| Sat 01:15 | 4747 | 26038 | -21291 | 18% |
| Sat 01:30 | 4659 | 25872 | -21213 | 18% |
| Sat 01:45 | 4586 | 25732 | -21146 | 18% |
| Sat 02:00 | 4502 | 25601 | -21099 | 18% |
| Sat 02:15 | 4598 | 25478 | -20880 | 18% |
| Sat 02:30 | 4547 | 25351 | -20804 | 18% |
| Sat 02:45 | 4505 | 25237 | -20732 | 18% |
| Sat 03:00 | 4464 | 25042 | -20578 | 18% |
| Sat 03:15 | 4430 | 25015 | -20585 | 18% |
| Sat 03:30 | 4396 | 25058 | -20662 | 18% |
| Sat 03:45 | 4363 | 25160 | -20797 | 17% |
| Sat 04:00 | 4348 | 25263 | -20915 | 17% |
| Sat 04:15 | 4293 | 25435 | -21142 | 17% |
| Sat 04:30 | 4222 | 25620 | -21398 | 16% |
| Sat 04:45 | 4140 | 25809 | -21669 | 16% |
| Sat 05:00 | 4058 | 26013 | -21955 | 16% |
| Sat 05:15 | 3977 | 26192 | -22215 | 15% |
| Sat 05:30 | 3937 | 26360 | -22423 | 15% |
| Sat 05:45 | 3932 | 26530 | -22598 | 15% |
| Sat 06:00 | 4873 | 26644 | -21771 | 18% |
| Sat 06:15 | 5576 | 26873 | -21297 | 21% |
| Sat 06:30 | 6517 | 27153 | -20636 | 24% |
| Sat 06:45 | 7656 | 27472 | -19816 | 28% |
| Sat 07:00 | 10120 | 27825 | -17705 | 36% |
| Sat 07:15 | 11746 | 28173 | -16427 | 42% |
| Sat 07:30 | 13382 | 28510 | -15128 | 47% |
| Sat 07:45 | 14944 | 28823 | -13879 | 52% |
| Sat 08:00 | 17190 | 29207 | -12017 | 59% |
| Sat 08:15 | 18599 | 29434 | -10835 | 63% |
| Sat 08:30 | 19824 | 29604 | -9780 | 67% |
| Sat 08:45 | 20879 | 29728 | -8849 | 70% |
| Sat 09:00 | 22045 | 29834 | -7789 | 74% |
| Sat 09:15 | 22792 | 29917 | -7125 | 76% |
| Sat 09:30 | 23434 | 30003 | -6569 | 78% |
| Sat 09:45 | 24025 | 30107 | -6082 | 80% |
| Sat 10:00 | 24703 | 30161 | -5458 | 82% |
| Sat 10:15 | 25127 | 30335 | -5208 | 83% |
| Sat 10:30 | 25471 | 30556 | -5085 | 83% |
| Sat 10:45 | 25760 | 30803 | -5043 | 84% |
| Sat 11:00 | 25231 | 31129 | -5898 | 81% |
| Sat 11:15 | 25473 | 31341 | -5868 | 81% |
| Sat 11:30 | 25738 | 31499 | -5761 | 82% |
| Sat 11:45 | 26862 | 31599 | -4737 | 85% |
| Sat 12:00 | 26047 | 31741 | -5694 | 82% |
| Sat 12:15 | 26171 | 31735 | -5564 | 82% |
| Sat 12:30 | 27322 | 31681 | -4359 | 86% |
| Sat 12:45 | 27195 | 31598 | -4403 | 86% |
| Sat 13:00 | 25277 | 31474 | -6197 | 80% |
| Sat 13:15 | 25130 | 31387 | -6257 | 80% |
| Sat 13:30 | 24970 | 31324 | -6354 | 80% |
| Sat 13:45 | 24775 | 31295 | -6520 | 79% |
| Sat 14:00 | 24896 | 31215 | -6319 | 80% |
| Sat 14:15 | 24583 | 31268 | -6685 | 79% |
| Sat 14:30 | 24203 | 31369 | -7166 | 77% |
| Sat 14:45 | 23754 | 31506 | -7752 | 75% |
| Sat 15:00 | 23692 | 31660 | -7968 | 75% |
| Sat 15:15 | 23841 | 31829 | -7988 | 75% |
| Sat 15:30 | 23022 | 31994 | -8972 | 72% |
| Sat 15:45 | 21305 | 32149 | -10844 | 66% |
| Sat 16:00 | 20928 | 32331 | -11403 | 65% |
| Sat 16:15 | 19738 | 32450 | -12712 | 61% |
| Sat 16:30 | 18380 | 32544 | -14164 | 56% |
| Sat 16:45 | 17330 | 32620 | -15290 | 53% |
| Sat 17:00 | 15613 | 32684 | -17071 | 48% |
| Sat 17:15 | 14293 | 32748 | -18455 | 44% |
| Sat 17:30 | 12500 | 32817 | -20317 | 38% |
| Sat 17:45 | 10844 | 32896 | -22052 | 33% |
| Sat 18:00 | 9463 | 32974 | -23511 | 29% |
| Sat 18:15 | 8329 | 33079 | -24750 | 25% |
| Sat 18:30 | 7569 | 33193 | -25624 | 23% |
| Sat 18:45 | 7113 | 33276 | -26163 | 21% |
| Sat 19:00 | 6882 | 33553 | -26671 | 21% |
| Sat 19:15 | 6780 | 33419 | -26639 | 20% |
| Sat 19:30 | 6675 | 33119 | -26444 | 20% |
| Sat 19:45 | 6569 | 32688 | -26119 | 20% |
| Sat 20:00 | 6467 | 32214 | -25747 | 20% |
| Sat 20:15 | 6363 | 31676 | -25313 | 20% |
| Sat 20:30 | 6262 | 31155 | -24893 | 20% |
| Sat 20:45 | 6165 | 30661 | -24496 | 20% |