When is Google Cloud europe-central2 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-31 16:32 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-central2 region runs in Warsaw, Poland, on the Poland 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 16% of Poland's electricity demand around 16:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:30 UTC at roughly 33% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 12% around 22:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-central2
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 09:00 | 6118 | 19150 | -13032 | 32% |
| Sat 12:30 | 6296 | 19100 | -12804 | 33% |
| Sat 14:45 | 3505 | 19150 | -15645 | 18% |
| Sat 15:00 | 3289 | 19300 | -16011 | 17% |
| Sat 15:15 | 3190 | 19600 | -16410 | 16% |
| Sat 15:30 | 3146 | 20000 | -16854 | 16% |
| Sat 15:45 | 3131 | 20150 | -17019 | 16% |
| Sat 16:00 | 3149 | 20250 | -17101 | 16% |
| Sat 16:30 | 3172 | 20200 | -17028 | 16% |
| Sat 16:45 | 3198 | 20100 | -16902 | 16% |
| Sat 17:00 | 3199 | 19950 | -16751 | 16% |
| Sat 17:15 | 3178 | 19850 | -16672 | 16% |
| Sat 17:30 | 3149 | 19750 | -16601 | 16% |
| Sat 17:45 | 3126 | 19650 | -16524 | 16% |
| Sat 18:00 | 3097 | 19550 | -16453 | 16% |
| Sat 18:30 | 2998 | 19500 | -16502 | 15% |
| Sat 18:45 | 2951 | 19400 | -16449 | 15% |
| Sat 19:00 | 2904 | 19250 | -16346 | 15% |
| Sat 19:15 | 2847 | 19050 | -16203 | 15% |
| Sat 19:30 | 2785 | 18800 | -16015 | 15% |
| Sat 19:45 | 2732 | 18500 | -15768 | 15% |
| Sat 20:00 | 2669 | 18250 | -15581 | 15% |
| Sat 20:15 | 2588 | 17900 | -15312 | 14% |
| Sat 20:30 | 2508 | 17650 | -15142 | 14% |
| Sat 20:45 | 2413 | 17400 | -14987 | 14% |
| Sat 21:00 | 2335 | 17150 | -14815 | 14% |
| Sat 21:15 | 2255 | 16850 | -14595 | 13% |
| Sat 21:30 | 2179 | 16550 | -14371 | 13% |
| Sat 21:45 | 2098 | 16300 | -14202 | 13% |
| Sat 22:00 | 2011 | 16000 | -13989 | 13% |
| Sat 22:15 | 1948 | 15800 | -13852 | 12% |
| Sat 22:30 | 1882 | 15550 | -13668 | 12% |
| Sat 22:45 | 1819 | 15300 | -13481 | 12% |