When is Azure swedencentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-06-15 08:15 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 28% of Sweden's electricity demand around 08:30 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 21:45 UTC at roughly 35% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 22% around 18:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 08:15 | 4062 | 14544 | -10482 | 28% |
| Mon 08:30 | 4055 | 14562 | -10507 | 28% |
| Mon 08:45 | 4053 | 14574 | -10521 | 28% |
| Mon 09:00 | 4102 | 14585 | -10483 | 28% |
| Mon 09:15 | 4117 | 14583 | -10466 | 28% |
| Mon 09:30 | 4142 | 14573 | -10431 | 28% |
| Mon 09:45 | 4151 | 14554 | -10403 | 29% |
| Mon 10:00 | 4201 | 14529 | -10328 | 29% |
| Mon 10:15 | 4206 | 14501 | -10295 | 29% |
| Mon 10:30 | 4194 | 14473 | -10279 | 29% |
| Mon 10:45 | 4179 | 14444 | -10265 | 29% |
| Mon 11:00 | 4189 | 14416 | -10227 | 29% |
| Mon 11:15 | 4185 | 14393 | -10208 | 29% |
| Mon 11:30 | 4182 | 14371 | -10189 | 29% |
| Mon 11:45 | 4172 | 14358 | -10186 | 29% |
| Mon 12:00 | 4193 | 14344 | -10151 | 29% |
| Mon 12:15 | 4194 | 14337 | -10143 | 29% |
| Mon 12:30 | 4198 | 14332 | -10134 | 29% |
| Mon 12:45 | 4195 | 14328 | -10133 | 29% |
| Mon 13:15 | 4226 | 14318 | -10092 | 30% |
| Mon 13:30 | 4227 | 14301 | -10074 | 30% |
| Mon 13:45 | 4212 | 14273 | -10061 | 30% |
| Mon 14:00 | 4167 | 14250 | -10083 | 29% |
| Mon 14:15 | 4117 | 14239 | -10122 | 29% |
| Mon 14:30 | 4063 | 14252 | -10189 | 29% |
| Mon 14:45 | 3998 | 14291 | -10293 | 28% |
| Mon 15:00 | 3739 | 14342 | -10603 | 26% |
| Mon 15:15 | 3898 | 14375 | -10477 | 27% |
| Mon 15:30 | 3831 | 14378 | -10547 | 27% |
| Mon 15:45 | 3752 | 14351 | -10599 | 26% |
| Mon 16:00 | 3611 | 14296 | -10685 | 25% |
| Mon 16:15 | 3536 | 14242 | -10706 | 25% |
| Mon 16:30 | 3457 | 14189 | -10732 | 24% |
| Mon 16:45 | 3390 | 14140 | -10750 | 24% |
| Mon 17:00 | 3292 | 14085 | -10793 | 23% |
| Mon 17:15 | 3234 | 14042 | -10808 | 23% |
| Mon 17:30 | 3179 | 14002 | -10823 | 23% |
| Mon 17:45 | 3116 | 13964 | -10848 | 22% |
| Mon 18:00 | 3065 | 13916 | -10851 | 22% |
| Mon 18:15 | 3063 | 13866 | -10803 | 22% |
| Mon 18:30 | 3071 | 13799 | -10728 | 22% |
| Mon 18:45 | 3085 | 13716 | -10631 | 22% |
| Mon 19:00 | 3141 | 13615 | -10474 | 23% |
| Mon 19:15 | 3213 | 13522 | -10309 | 24% |
| Mon 19:30 | 3295 | 13433 | -10138 | 25% |
| Mon 19:45 | 3382 | 13352 | -9970 | 25% |
| Mon 20:00 | 3550 | 13260 | -9710 | 27% |
| Mon 20:15 | 3657 | 13157 | -9500 | 28% |
| Mon 20:30 | 3766 | 13030 | -9264 | 29% |
| Mon 20:45 | 3870 | 12875 | -9005 | 30% |
| Mon 21:00 | 4010 | 12689 | -8679 | 32% |
| Mon 21:15 | 4104 | 12531 | -8427 | 33% |
| Mon 21:30 | 4211 | 12391 | -8180 | 34% |
| Mon 21:45 | 4309 | 12275 | -7966 | 35% |