When is Azure swedencentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-28 21:30 UTC
The Azure swedencentral region runs in Gävle, Sweden, on the Sweden 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 54% of Sweden's electricity demand around 21:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 21:45 UTC at roughly 65% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 32% around 09:30 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure swedencentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 20:45 | 7560 | 14461 | -6901 | 52% |
| Wed 21:00 | 7564 | 14322 | -6758 | 53% |
| Wed 21:15 | 7559 | 14183 | -6624 | 53% |
| Wed 21:30 | 7534 | 14029 | -6495 | 54% |
| Wed 21:45 | 7526 | 13861 | -6335 | 54% |
| Wed 22:00 | 7514 | 13684 | -6170 | 55% |
| Wed 22:15 | 7508 | 13535 | -6027 | 55% |
| Wed 22:30 | 7508 | 13419 | -5911 | 56% |
| Wed 22:45 | 7449 | 13333 | -5884 | 56% |
| Wed 23:00 | 7084 | 13241 | -6157 | 54% |
| Wed 23:15 | 7115 | 13207 | -6092 | 54% |
| Wed 23:30 | 7060 | 13171 | -6111 | 54% |
| Wed 23:45 | 6972 | 13133 | -6161 | 53% |
| Thu 00:00 | 7117 | 13084 | -5967 | 54% |
| Thu 00:15 | 7057 | 13039 | -5982 | 54% |
| Thu 00:30 | 7025 | 12989 | -5964 | 54% |
| Thu 00:45 | 7023 | 12937 | -5914 | 54% |
| Thu 01:00 | 7017 | 12883 | -5866 | 54% |
| Thu 01:15 | 6976 | 12839 | -5863 | 54% |
| Thu 01:30 | 6934 | 12806 | -5872 | 54% |
| Thu 01:45 | 6891 | 12784 | -5893 | 54% |
| Thu 02:00 | 6747 | 12771 | -6024 | 53% |
| Thu 02:15 | 6709 | 12780 | -6071 | 52% |
| Thu 02:30 | 6670 | 12805 | -6135 | 52% |
| Thu 02:45 | 6653 | 12848 | -6195 | 52% |
| Thu 03:00 | 6524 | 12912 | -6388 | 51% |
| Thu 03:15 | 6529 | 13009 | -6480 | 50% |
| Thu 03:30 | 6562 | 13140 | -6578 | 50% |
| Thu 03:45 | 6563 | 13307 | -6744 | 49% |
| Thu 04:00 | 6616 | 13511 | -6895 | 49% |
| Thu 04:15 | 6579 | 13754 | -7175 | 48% |
| Thu 04:30 | 6544 | 14040 | -7496 | 47% |
| Thu 04:45 | 6515 | 14371 | -7856 | 45% |
| Thu 05:00 | 6310 | 14730 | -8420 | 43% |
| Thu 05:15 | 6241 | 15064 | -8823 | 41% |
| Thu 05:30 | 6329 | 15358 | -9029 | 41% |
| Thu 05:45 | 6312 | 15613 | -9301 | 40% |
| Thu 06:00 | 6111 | 15832 | -9721 | 39% |
| Thu 06:15 | 6136 | 15994 | -9858 | 38% |
| Thu 06:30 | 6079 | 16103 | -10024 | 38% |
| Thu 06:45 | 6032 | 16157 | -10125 | 37% |
| Thu 07:00 | 5856 | 16167 | -10311 | 36% |
| Thu 07:15 | 5797 | 16156 | -10359 | 36% |
| Thu 07:30 | 5732 | 16138 | -10406 | 36% |
| Thu 07:45 | 5677 | 16108 | -10431 | 35% |
| Thu 08:00 | 5485 | 16076 | -10591 | 34% |
| Thu 08:15 | 5430 | 16051 | -10621 | 34% |
| Thu 08:30 | 5370 | 16038 | -10668 | 33% |
| Thu 08:45 | 5314 | 16037 | -10723 | 33% |
| Thu 09:00 | 5226 | 16047 | -10821 | 33% |
| Thu 09:15 | 5193 | 16041 | -10848 | 32% |
| Thu 09:30 | 5176 | 16018 | -10842 | 32% |
| Thu 09:45 | 5166 | 15977 | -10811 | 32% |
| Thu 10:00 | 5176 | 15926 | -10750 | 32% |
| Thu 10:15 | 5213 | 15873 | -10660 | 33% |
| Thu 10:30 | 5243 | 15824 | -10581 | 33% |
| Thu 10:45 | 5267 | 15782 | -10515 | 33% |
| Thu 11:00 | 5318 | 15749 | -10431 | 34% |
| Thu 11:15 | 5385 | 15727 | -10342 | 34% |
| Thu 11:30 | 5460 | 15716 | -10256 | 35% |
| Thu 11:45 | 5533 | 15718 | -10185 | 35% |
| Thu 12:00 | 5669 | 15731 | -10062 | 36% |
| Thu 12:15 | 5768 | 15741 | -9973 | 37% |
| Thu 12:30 | 5866 | 15745 | -9879 | 37% |
| Thu 12:45 | 5974 | 15742 | -9768 | 38% |
| Thu 13:00 | 6180 | 15736 | -9556 | 39% |
| Thu 13:15 | 6280 | 15742 | -9462 | 40% |
| Thu 13:30 | 6368 | 15762 | -9394 | 40% |
| Thu 13:45 | 6455 | 15795 | -9340 | 41% |
| Thu 14:00 | 6613 | 15844 | -9231 | 42% |
| Thu 14:15 | 6764 | 15901 | -9137 | 43% |
| Thu 14:30 | 6936 | 15966 | -9030 | 43% |
| Thu 14:45 | 7114 | 16041 | -8927 | 44% |
| Thu 15:00 | 7452 | 16128 | -8676 | 46% |
| Thu 15:15 | 7662 | 16224 | -8562 | 47% |
| Thu 15:30 | 7859 | 16336 | -8477 | 48% |
| Thu 15:45 | 8045 | 16463 | -8418 | 49% |
| Thu 16:00 | 8378 | 16594 | -8216 | 50% |
| Thu 16:15 | 8511 | 16686 | -8175 | 51% |
| Thu 16:30 | 8643 | 16730 | -8087 | 52% |
| Thu 16:45 | 8744 | 16725 | -7981 | 52% |
| Thu 17:00 | 8975 | 16675 | -7700 | 54% |
| Thu 17:15 | 9058 | 16608 | -7550 | 55% |
| Thu 17:30 | 9134 | 16524 | -7390 | 55% |
| Thu 17:45 | 9209 | 16427 | -7218 | 56% |
| Thu 18:00 | 9317 | 16317 | -7000 | 57% |
| Thu 18:15 | 9340 | 16203 | -6863 | 58% |
| Thu 18:30 | 9361 | 16086 | -6725 | 58% |
| Thu 18:45 | 9367 | 15966 | -6599 | 59% |
| Thu 19:00 | 9434 | 15836 | -6402 | 60% |
| Thu 19:15 | 9427 | 15689 | -6262 | 60% |
| Thu 19:30 | 9419 | 15518 | -6099 | 61% |
| Thu 19:45 | 9400 | 15325 | -5925 | 61% |
| Thu 20:00 | 9391 | 15112 | -5721 | 62% |
| Thu 20:15 | 9349 | 14916 | -5567 | 63% |
| Thu 20:30 | 9310 | 14746 | -5436 | 63% |
| Thu 20:45 | 9261 | 14596 | -5335 | 63% |
| Thu 21:00 | 9188 | 14460 | -5272 | 64% |
| Thu 21:15 | 9137 | 14316 | -5179 | 64% |
| Thu 21:30 | 9080 | 14157 | -5077 | 64% |
| Thu 21:45 | 9031 | 13980 | -4949 | 65% |