When is Azure swedencentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-07-30 10:43 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 57% of Sweden's electricity demand around 10:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:45 UTC at roughly 60% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 35% around 17:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:30 | 7156 | 12440 | -5284 | 58% |
| Thu 10:45 | 7086 | 12450 | -5364 | 57% |
| Thu 11:00 | 7274 | 12466 | -5192 | 58% |
| Thu 11:15 | 7291 | 12471 | -5180 | 58% |
| Thu 11:30 | 7176 | 12465 | -5289 | 58% |
| Thu 11:45 | 7251 | 12447 | -5196 | 58% |
| Thu 12:00 | 7126 | 12422 | -5296 | 57% |
| Thu 12:15 | 7338 | 12403 | -5065 | 59% |
| Thu 12:30 | 7308 | 12392 | -5084 | 59% |
| Thu 12:45 | 7392 | 12391 | -4999 | 60% |
| Thu 13:00 | 7017 | 12398 | -5381 | 57% |
| Thu 13:30 | 6906 | 12389 | -5483 | 56% |
| Thu 13:45 | 6726 | 12373 | -5647 | 54% |
| Thu 14:00 | 6389 | 12360 | -5971 | 52% |
| Thu 14:15 | 6284 | 12352 | -6068 | 51% |
| Thu 14:30 | 6126 | 12363 | -6237 | 50% |
| Thu 14:45 | 5967 | 12391 | -6424 | 48% |
| Thu 15:00 | 5821 | 12433 | -6612 | 47% |
| Thu 15:15 | 5619 | 12458 | -6839 | 45% |
| Thu 15:45 | 5224 | 12438 | -7214 | 42% |
| Thu 16:00 | 4859 | 12397 | -7538 | 39% |
| Thu 16:15 | 4713 | 12361 | -7648 | 38% |
| Thu 16:30 | 4586 | 12330 | -7744 | 37% |
| Thu 16:45 | 4460 | 12308 | -7848 | 36% |
| Thu 17:00 | 4312 | 12286 | -7974 | 35% |
| Thu 17:15 | 4267 | 12264 | -7997 | 35% |
| Thu 17:30 | 4254 | 12235 | -7981 | 35% |
| Thu 17:45 | 4242 | 12201 | -7959 | 35% |
| Thu 18:00 | 4274 | 12155 | -7881 | 35% |
| Thu 18:15 | 4345 | 12117 | -7772 | 36% |
| Thu 18:30 | 4422 | 12081 | -7659 | 37% |
| Thu 18:45 | 4488 | 12046 | -7558 | 37% |
| Thu 19:00 | 4676 | 12006 | -7330 | 39% |
| Thu 19:15 | 4762 | 11962 | -7200 | 40% |
| Thu 19:30 | 4867 | 11906 | -7039 | 41% |
| Thu 19:45 | 4978 | 11839 | -6861 | 42% |
| Thu 20:00 | 5136 | 11748 | -6612 | 44% |
| Thu 20:15 | 5233 | 11654 | -6421 | 45% |
| Thu 20:30 | 5277 | 11542 | -6265 | 46% |
| Thu 20:45 | 5165 | 11416 | -6251 | 45% |
| Thu 21:00 | 5278 | 11272 | -5994 | 47% |
| Thu 21:15 | 5323 | 11143 | -5820 | 48% |
| Thu 21:30 | 5240 | 11028 | -5788 | 48% |
| Thu 21:45 | 5219 | 10926 | -5707 | 48% |