When is Azure swedencentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-16 21:28 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 51% of Sweden's electricity demand around 21:30 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 04:00 UTC at roughly 67% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 45% around 11:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 21:15 | 6520 | 13092 | -6572 | 50% |
| Fri 21:30 | 6594 | 12982 | -6388 | 51% |
| Fri 21:45 | 6663 | 12884 | -6221 | 52% |
| Fri 22:00 | 6520 | 12707 | -6187 | 51% |
| Fri 22:15 | 6588 | 12617 | -6029 | 52% |
| Fri 22:30 | 6662 | 12538 | -5876 | 53% |
| Fri 22:45 | 6741 | 12472 | -5731 | 54% |
| Fri 23:00 | 6861 | 12407 | -5546 | 55% |
| Fri 23:15 | 6943 | 12364 | -5421 | 56% |
| Fri 23:30 | 7042 | 12327 | -5285 | 57% |
| Fri 23:45 | 7138 | 12300 | -5162 | 58% |
| Sat 00:00 | 7290 | 12272 | -4982 | 59% |
| Sat 00:15 | 7384 | 12255 | -4871 | 60% |
| Sat 00:30 | 7480 | 12237 | -4757 | 61% |
| Sat 00:45 | 7566 | 12220 | -4654 | 62% |
| Sat 01:00 | 7705 | 12202 | -4497 | 63% |
| Sat 01:15 | 7773 | 12191 | -4418 | 64% |
| Sat 01:30 | 7838 | 12186 | -4348 | 64% |
| Sat 02:00 | 7996 | 12192 | -4196 | 66% |
| Sat 02:15 | 8027 | 12209 | -4182 | 66% |
| Sat 02:30 | 8087 | 12236 | -4149 | 66% |
| Sat 02:45 | 8103 | 12273 | -4170 | 66% |
| Sat 03:00 | 8254 | 12320 | -4066 | 67% |
| Sat 03:15 | 8305 | 12366 | -4061 | 67% |
| Sat 03:30 | 8345 | 12412 | -4067 | 67% |
| Sat 03:45 | 8386 | 12458 | -4072 | 67% |
| Sat 04:00 | 8437 | 12506 | -4069 | 67% |
| Sat 04:15 | 8453 | 12565 | -4112 | 67% |
| Sat 04:30 | 8473 | 12636 | -4163 | 67% |
| Sat 04:45 | 8490 | 12717 | -4227 | 67% |
| Sat 05:00 | 8442 | 12822 | -4380 | 66% |
| Sat 05:15 | 8451 | 12941 | -4490 | 65% |
| Sat 05:30 | 8447 | 13085 | -4638 | 65% |
| Sat 05:45 | 8438 | 13252 | -4814 | 64% |
| Sat 06:00 | 8364 | 13442 | -5078 | 62% |
| Sat 06:15 | 8340 | 13609 | -5269 | 61% |
| Sat 06:30 | 8312 | 13753 | -5441 | 60% |
| Sat 06:45 | 8294 | 13872 | -5578 | 60% |
| Sat 07:00 | 8197 | 13977 | -5780 | 59% |
| Sat 07:15 | 8090 | 14060 | -5970 | 58% |
| Sat 07:30 | 7956 | 14132 | -6176 | 56% |
| Sat 07:45 | 7825 | 14192 | -6367 | 55% |
| Sat 08:00 | 7574 | 14246 | -6672 | 53% |
| Sat 08:15 | 7428 | 14280 | -6852 | 52% |
| Sat 08:30 | 7286 | 14301 | -7015 | 51% |
| Sat 08:45 | 7124 | 14307 | -7183 | 50% |
| Sat 09:15 | 6848 | 14293 | -7445 | 48% |
| Sat 09:30 | 6765 | 14272 | -7507 | 47% |
| Sat 09:45 | 6699 | 14244 | -7545 | 47% |
| Sat 10:00 | 6646 | 14215 | -7569 | 47% |
| Sat 10:15 | 6595 | 14196 | -7601 | 46% |
| Sat 10:30 | 6537 | 14194 | -7657 | 46% |
| Sat 10:45 | 6482 | 14206 | -7724 | 46% |
| Sat 11:00 | 6428 | 14226 | -7798 | 45% |
| Sat 11:15 | 6392 | 14230 | -7838 | 45% |
| Sat 11:30 | 6361 | 14209 | -7848 | 45% |
| Sat 11:45 | 6324 | 14163 | -7839 | 45% |
| Sat 12:00 | 6305 | 14099 | -7794 | 45% |
| Sat 12:15 | 6306 | 14050 | -7744 | 45% |
| Sat 12:30 | 6297 | 14022 | -7725 | 45% |
| Sat 12:45 | 6294 | 14014 | -7720 | 45% |
| Sat 13:00 | 6317 | 14026 | -7709 | 45% |
| Sat 13:15 | 6376 | 14053 | -7677 | 45% |
| Sat 13:30 | 6443 | 14091 | -7648 | 46% |
| Sat 13:45 | 6513 | 14144 | -7631 | 46% |
| Sat 14:00 | 6615 | 14214 | -7599 | 47% |
| Sat 14:15 | 6722 | 14304 | -7582 | 47% |
| Sat 14:30 | 6840 | 14416 | -7576 | 47% |
| Sat 14:45 | 6953 | 14551 | -7598 | 48% |
| Sat 15:00 | 7208 | 14715 | -7507 | 49% |
| Sat 15:15 | 7371 | 14866 | -7495 | 50% |
| Sat 15:30 | 7538 | 15007 | -7469 | 50% |
| Sat 15:45 | 7696 | 15140 | -7444 | 51% |
| Sat 16:00 | 7973 | 15263 | -7290 | 52% |
| Sat 16:15 | 8098 | 15369 | -7271 | 53% |
| Sat 16:30 | 8210 | 15457 | -7247 | 53% |
| Sat 16:45 | 8329 | 15529 | -7200 | 54% |
| Sat 17:00 | 8467 | 15578 | -7111 | 54% |
| Sat 17:15 | 8545 | 15592 | -7047 | 55% |
| Sat 17:30 | 8613 | 15569 | -6956 | 55% |
| Sat 17:45 | 8667 | 15505 | -6838 | 56% |
| Sat 18:00 | 8696 | 15404 | -6708 | 56% |
| Sat 18:15 | 8692 | 15301 | -6609 | 57% |
| Sat 18:30 | 8687 | 15198 | -6511 | 57% |
| Sat 18:45 | 8671 | 15095 | -6424 | 57% |
| Sat 19:00 | 8637 | 14984 | -6347 | 58% |
| Sat 19:15 | 8590 | 14882 | -6292 | 58% |
| Sat 19:30 | 8556 | 14779 | -6223 | 58% |
| Sat 19:45 | 8513 | 14676 | -6163 | 58% |
| Sat 20:00 | 8459 | 14566 | -6107 | 58% |
| Sat 20:15 | 8409 | 14453 | -6044 | 58% |
| Sat 20:30 | 8360 | 14330 | -5970 | 58% |
| Sat 20:45 | 8303 | 14195 | -5892 | 58% |
| Sat 21:00 | 8229 | 14049 | -5820 | 59% |
| Sat 21:15 | 8166 | 13934 | -5768 | 59% |
| Sat 21:30 | 8105 | 13846 | -5741 | 59% |
| Sat 21:45 | 8039 | 13787 | -5748 | 58% |