When is Google Cloud europe-central2 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-16 14:05 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 13% of Poland's electricity demand around 16:30 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 13:45 UTC at roughly 45% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 11% around 17:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 13:45 | 9363 | 20800 | -11437 | 45% |
| Wed 14:00 | 8618 | 20850 | -12232 | 41% |
| Wed 16:30 | 2795 | 20950 | -18155 | 13% |
| Wed 16:45 | 2531 | 20800 | -18269 | 12% |
| Wed 17:00 | 2376 | 20950 | -18574 | 11% |
| Wed 17:15 | 2324 | 21200 | -18876 | 11% |
| Wed 17:30 | 2330 | 21400 | -19070 | 11% |
| Wed 18:00 | 2384 | 21250 | -18866 | 11% |
| Wed 18:15 | 2421 | 21050 | -18629 | 12% |
| Wed 18:30 | 2458 | 20800 | -18342 | 12% |
| Wed 18:45 | 2495 | 20400 | -17905 | 12% |
| Wed 19:00 | 2527 | 20050 | -17523 | 13% |
| Wed 19:15 | 2557 | 19600 | -17043 | 13% |
| Wed 19:30 | 2586 | 19050 | -16464 | 14% |
| Wed 19:45 | 2615 | 18450 | -15835 | 14% |
| Wed 20:00 | 2638 | 18250 | -15612 | 14% |
| Wed 20:15 | 2654 | 18050 | -15396 | 15% |
| Wed 20:30 | 2669 | 17700 | -15031 | 15% |
| Wed 20:45 | 2685 | 17400 | -14715 | 15% |
| Wed 21:00 | 2698 | 17050 | -14352 | 16% |
| Wed 21:15 | 2706 | 16700 | -13994 | 16% |
| Wed 21:30 | 2715 | 16400 | -13685 | 17% |
| Wed 21:45 | 2723 | 16150 | -13427 | 17% |