When is Azure switzerlandwest greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-06-06 14:02 UTC
The Azure switzerlandwest region runs in
Geneva, Switzerland, on the Switzerland 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 37% of Switzerland's electricity demand around 15:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 14:00 UTC at roughly 47% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 21:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure switzerlandwest
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 14:00 | 2939 | 6258 | -3320 | 47% |
| Sat 15:00 | 2236 | 5988 | -3752 | 37% |
| Sat 16:00 | 1461 | 5856 | -4396 | 25% |
| Sat 17:00 | 771 | 6737 | -5966 | 11% |
| Sat 18:00 | 207 | 6016 | -5810 | 3% |
| Sat 19:00 | 18 | 6383 | -6365 | 0% |
| Sat 20:00 | 11 | 6060 | -6049 | 0% |
| Sat 21:00 | 11 | 6524 | -6513 | 0% |