When is Azure swedencentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-13 17:49 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 33% of Sweden's electricity demand around 18:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 22:15 UTC at roughly 42% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 9% around 15:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 17:45 | 4404 | 13500 | -9096 | 33% |
| Sun 18:00 | 4456 | 13510 | -9054 | 33% |
| Sun 18:15 | 4484 | 13494 | -9010 | 33% |
| Sun 18:30 | 4516 | 13448 | -8932 | 34% |
| Sun 18:45 | 4541 | 13371 | -8830 | 34% |
| Sun 19:00 | 4589 | 13260 | -8671 | 35% |
| Sun 19:15 | 4601 | 13145 | -8544 | 35% |
| Sun 19:30 | 4621 | 13021 | -8400 | 35% |
| Sun 19:45 | 4638 | 12891 | -8253 | 36% |
| Sun 20:00 | 4631 | 12744 | -8113 | 36% |
| Sun 20:15 | 4630 | 12606 | -7976 | 37% |
| Sun 20:30 | 4634 | 12465 | -7831 | 37% |
| Sun 20:45 | 4636 | 12322 | -7686 | 38% |
| Sun 21:00 | 4598 | 12170 | -7572 | 38% |
| Sun 21:15 | 4591 | 12051 | -7460 | 38% |
| Sun 21:30 | 4585 | 11956 | -7371 | 38% |
| Sun 21:45 | 4580 | 11885 | -7305 | 39% |
| Sun 22:00 | 4979 | 11847 | -6868 | 42% |
| Sun 22:15 | 4962 | 11793 | -6831 | 42% |
| Sun 22:30 | 4938 | 11742 | -6804 | 42% |
| Sun 22:45 | 4915 | 11693 | -6778 | 42% |
| Sun 23:00 | 4867 | 11624 | -6757 | 42% |
| Sun 23:15 | 4822 | 11586 | -6764 | 42% |
| Sun 23:30 | 4776 | 11554 | -6778 | 41% |
| Sun 23:45 | 4726 | 11531 | -6805 | 41% |
| Mon 00:00 | 4653 | 11510 | -6857 | 40% |
| Mon 00:15 | 4599 | 11497 | -6898 | 40% |
| Mon 00:30 | 4541 | 11484 | -6943 | 40% |
| Mon 00:45 | 4479 | 11475 | -6996 | 39% |
| Mon 01:00 | 4388 | 11466 | -7078 | 38% |
| Mon 01:15 | 4313 | 11472 | -7159 | 38% |
| Mon 01:30 | 4245 | 11493 | -7248 | 37% |
| Mon 01:45 | 4181 | 11529 | -7348 | 36% |
| Mon 02:00 | 4090 | 11580 | -7490 | 35% |
| Mon 02:15 | 4032 | 11634 | -7602 | 35% |
| Mon 02:30 | 3989 | 11688 | -7699 | 34% |
| Mon 02:45 | 3948 | 11745 | -7797 | 34% |
| Mon 03:00 | 3908 | 11822 | -7914 | 33% |
| Mon 03:15 | 3862 | 11964 | -8102 | 32% |
| Mon 03:30 | 3803 | 12186 | -8383 | 31% |
| Mon 03:45 | 3736 | 12492 | -8756 | 30% |
| Mon 04:00 | 3601 | 12876 | -9275 | 28% |
| Mon 04:15 | 3546 | 13240 | -9694 | 27% |
| Mon 04:30 | 3465 | 13576 | -10111 | 26% |
| Mon 04:45 | 3407 | 13889 | -10482 | 25% |
| Mon 05:00 | 3197 | 14194 | -10997 | 23% |
| Mon 05:15 | 3149 | 14410 | -11261 | 22% |
| Mon 05:30 | 3048 | 14555 | -11507 | 21% |
| Mon 05:45 | 2896 | 14627 | -11731 | 20% |
| Mon 06:00 | 2647 | 14663 | -12016 | 18% |
| Mon 06:15 | 2463 | 14650 | -12187 | 17% |
| Mon 06:30 | 2269 | 14627 | -12358 | 16% |
| Mon 06:45 | 2083 | 14589 | -12506 | 14% |
| Mon 07:00 | 1890 | 14554 | -12664 | 13% |
| Mon 07:15 | 1813 | 14512 | -12699 | 12% |
| Mon 07:30 | 1759 | 14480 | -12721 | 12% |
| Mon 07:45 | 1713 | 14455 | -12742 | 12% |
| Mon 08:00 | 1730 | 14437 | -12707 | 12% |
| Mon 08:15 | 1731 | 14417 | -12686 | 12% |
| Mon 08:30 | 1730 | 14394 | -12664 | 12% |
| Mon 08:45 | 1724 | 14369 | -12645 | 12% |
| Mon 09:00 | 1729 | 14347 | -12618 | 12% |
| Mon 09:15 | 1736 | 14328 | -12592 | 12% |
| Mon 09:30 | 1738 | 14314 | -12576 | 12% |
| Mon 09:45 | 1738 | 14308 | -12570 | 12% |
| Mon 10:15 | 1766 | 14304 | -12538 | 12% |
| Mon 10:30 | 1776 | 14294 | -12518 | 12% |
| Mon 10:45 | 1777 | 14278 | -12501 | 12% |
| Mon 11:00 | 1774 | 14261 | -12487 | 12% |
| Mon 11:15 | 1788 | 14241 | -12453 | 13% |
| Mon 11:30 | 1789 | 14220 | -12431 | 13% |
| Mon 11:45 | 1791 | 14199 | -12408 | 13% |
| Mon 12:00 | 1778 | 14176 | -12398 | 13% |
| Mon 12:15 | 1769 | 14166 | -12397 | 12% |
| Mon 12:30 | 1755 | 14167 | -12412 | 12% |
| Mon 12:45 | 1742 | 14176 | -12434 | 12% |
| Mon 13:00 | 1687 | 14193 | -12506 | 12% |
| Mon 13:15 | 1652 | 14200 | -12548 | 12% |
| Mon 13:30 | 1620 | 14198 | -12578 | 11% |
| Mon 13:45 | 1587 | 14186 | -12599 | 11% |
| Mon 14:00 | 1512 | 14175 | -12663 | 11% |
| Mon 14:15 | 1465 | 14180 | -12715 | 10% |
| Mon 14:30 | 1420 | 14213 | -12793 | 10% |
| Mon 14:45 | 1375 | 14275 | -12900 | 10% |
| Mon 15:00 | 1314 | 14353 | -13039 | 9% |
| Mon 15:15 | 1298 | 14413 | -13115 | 9% |
| Mon 15:30 | 1294 | 14443 | -13149 | 9% |
| Mon 15:45 | 1288 | 14442 | -13154 | 9% |
| Mon 16:00 | 1304 | 14419 | -13115 | 9% |
| Mon 16:15 | 1360 | 14401 | -13041 | 9% |
| Mon 16:30 | 1418 | 14395 | -12977 | 10% |
| Mon 16:45 | 1480 | 14402 | -12922 | 10% |
| Mon 17:00 | 1601 | 14408 | -12807 | 11% |
| Mon 17:15 | 1694 | 14419 | -12725 | 12% |
| Mon 17:30 | 1788 | 14420 | -12632 | 12% |
| Mon 17:45 | 1888 | 14413 | -12525 | 13% |
| Mon 18:00 | 2071 | 14386 | -12315 | 14% |
| Mon 18:15 | 2165 | 14337 | -12172 | 15% |
| Mon 18:30 | 2257 | 14256 | -11999 | 16% |
| Mon 18:45 | 2353 | 14141 | -11788 | 17% |