When is Google Cloud europe-central2 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-16 22:01 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 19% of Poland's electricity demand around 22:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 10:00 UTC at roughly 49% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 3% around 16:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 22:00 | 3310 | 16750 | -13440 | 20% |
| Fri 22:15 | 3219 | 16650 | -13431 | 19% |
| Fri 22:30 | 3131 | 16500 | -13369 | 19% |
| Fri 22:45 | 3037 | 16300 | -13263 | 19% |
| Fri 23:00 | 2957 | 16150 | -13193 | 18% |
| Fri 23:15 | 2883 | 16000 | -13117 | 18% |
| Fri 23:30 | 2811 | 15850 | -13039 | 18% |
| Fri 23:45 | 2745 | 15750 | -13005 | 17% |
| Sat 00:00 | 2677 | 15650 | -12973 | 17% |
| Sat 00:15 | 2604 | 15600 | -12996 | 17% |
| Sat 00:30 | 2538 | 15500 | -12962 | 16% |
| Sat 00:45 | 2474 | 15400 | -12926 | 16% |
| Sat 01:00 | 2402 | 15350 | -12948 | 16% |
| Sat 01:15 | 2331 | 15300 | -12969 | 15% |
| Sat 02:45 | 1903 | 15350 | -13447 | 12% |
| Sat 03:00 | 1834 | 15400 | -13566 | 12% |
| Sat 03:15 | 1762 | 15450 | -13688 | 11% |
| Sat 03:30 | 1696 | 15550 | -13854 | 11% |
| Sat 03:45 | 1625 | 15750 | -14125 | 10% |
| Sat 04:00 | 1565 | 16250 | -14685 | 10% |
| Sat 04:15 | 1502 | 16500 | -14998 | 9% |
| Sat 04:30 | 1442 | 16700 | -15258 | 9% |
| Sat 04:45 | 1388 | 16800 | -15412 | 8% |
| Sat 05:00 | 1391 | 17150 | -15759 | 8% |
| Sat 05:15 | 1482 | 17400 | -15918 | 9% |
| Sat 05:30 | 1638 | 17650 | -16012 | 9% |
| Sat 05:45 | 1914 | 17950 | -16036 | 11% |
| Sat 06:00 | 2275 | 18200 | -15925 | 13% |
| Sat 06:15 | 2730 | 18500 | -15770 | 15% |
| Sat 06:30 | 3264 | 18700 | -15436 | 17% |
| Sat 06:45 | 3839 | 18900 | -15061 | 20% |
| Sat 07:00 | 4438 | 19050 | -14612 | 23% |
| Sat 07:15 | 5080 | 19150 | -14070 | 27% |
| Sat 08:15 | 7073 | 19100 | -12027 | 37% |
| Sat 08:30 | 7468 | 19000 | -11532 | 39% |
| Sat 08:45 | 7808 | 18950 | -11142 | 41% |
| Sat 09:00 | 8118 | 18800 | -10682 | 43% |
| Sat 09:15 | 8395 | 18650 | -10255 | 45% |
| Sat 09:30 | 8619 | 18500 | -9881 | 47% |
| Sat 09:45 | 8792 | 18350 | -9558 | 48% |
| Sat 10:00 | 8911 | 18200 | -9289 | 49% |
| Sat 13:15 | 4893 | 18300 | -13407 | 27% |
| Sat 13:30 | 4214 | 18450 | -14236 | 23% |
| Sat 13:45 | 3578 | 18550 | -14972 | 19% |
| Sat 14:00 | 3030 | 18750 | -15720 | 16% |
| Sat 14:15 | 2616 | 18800 | -16184 | 14% |
| Sat 14:45 | 1840 | 18900 | -17060 | 10% |
| Sat 15:00 | 1465 | 19000 | -17535 | 8% |
| Sat 15:15 | 1114 | 19050 | -17936 | 6% |
| Sat 15:30 | 826 | 19200 | -18374 | 4% |
| Sat 15:45 | 625 | 19450 | -18825 | 3% |
| Sat 16:00 | 567 | 19600 | -19033 | 3% |
| Sat 16:15 | 590 | 19750 | -19160 | 3% |
| Sat 16:45 | 644 | 19650 | -19006 | 3% |
| Sat 17:00 | 672 | 19550 | -18878 | 3% |
| Sat 17:30 | 725 | 19500 | -18775 | 4% |
| Sat 17:45 | 751 | 19400 | -18649 | 4% |
| Sat 18:00 | 782 | 19250 | -18468 | 4% |
| Sat 18:15 | 815 | 19050 | -18235 | 4% |
| Sat 18:30 | 845 | 18800 | -17955 | 4% |
| Sat 18:45 | 876 | 18500 | -17624 | 5% |
| Sat 19:00 | 903 | 18200 | -17297 | 5% |
| Sat 19:15 | 926 | 17900 | -16974 | 5% |
| Sat 19:30 | 950 | 17600 | -16650 | 5% |
| Sat 19:45 | 977 | 17300 | -16323 | 6% |
| Sat 20:00 | 999 | 17050 | -16051 | 6% |
| Sat 20:15 | 1011 | 16750 | -15739 | 6% |
| Sat 20:30 | 1021 | 16450 | -15429 | 6% |
| Sat 20:45 | 1032 | 16050 | -15018 | 6% |
| Sat 21:00 | 1043 | 15750 | -14707 | 7% |
| Sat 21:15 | 1047 | 15500 | -14453 | 7% |
| Sat 21:30 | 1047 | 15200 | -14153 | 7% |
| Sat 21:45 | 1047 | 14900 | -13853 | 7% |