When is Google Cloud europe-north1 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-04 17:51 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-north1 region runs in Hamina, Finland, on the Finland 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 10% of Finland's electricity demand around 18:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 15:15 UTC at roughly 47% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 03:30 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-north1
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 17:45 | 850 | 8651 | -7802 | 10% |
| Fri 18:00 | 888 | 8626 | -7739 | 10% |
| Fri 18:15 | 914 | 8610 | -7697 | 11% |
| Fri 18:30 | 940 | 8594 | -7654 | 11% |
| Fri 18:45 | 966 | 8578 | -7612 | 11% |
| Fri 19:00 | 972 | 8574 | -7602 | 11% |
| Fri 19:15 | 987 | 8543 | -7556 | 12% |
| Fri 19:30 | 1001 | 8512 | -7511 | 12% |
| Fri 19:45 | 1015 | 8480 | -7465 | 12% |
| Fri 20:00 | 1027 | 8442 | -7416 | 12% |
| Fri 20:15 | 1036 | 8383 | -7347 | 12% |
| Fri 20:30 | 1046 | 8323 | -7278 | 13% |
| Fri 20:45 | 1055 | 8264 | -7209 | 13% |
| Fri 21:00 | 1069 | 8147 | -7077 | 13% |
| Fri 21:15 | 1070 | 8084 | -7014 | 13% |
| Fri 21:45 | 1069 | 7958 | -6888 | 13% |
| Fri 22:00 | 881 | 7839 | -6958 | 11% |
| Fri 22:15 | 879 | 7807 | -6928 | 11% |
| Fri 22:45 | 881 | 7743 | -6863 | 11% |
| Fri 23:00 | 890 | 7728 | -6838 | 12% |
| Fri 23:15 | 897 | 7703 | -6806 | 12% |
| Fri 23:30 | 904 | 7678 | -6774 | 12% |
| Fri 23:45 | 911 | 7653 | -6742 | 12% |
| Sat 00:00 | 925 | 7620 | -6695 | 12% |
| Sat 00:15 | 932 | 7601 | -6669 | 12% |
| Sat 00:30 | 938 | 7581 | -6644 | 12% |
| Sat 00:45 | 944 | 7562 | -6618 | 12% |
| Sat 01:00 | 945 | 7546 | -6601 | 13% |
| Sat 01:15 | 948 | 7524 | -6576 | 13% |
| Sat 01:45 | 954 | 7546 | -6592 | 13% |
| Sat 02:00 | 956 | 7569 | -6612 | 13% |
| Sat 02:15 | 957 | 7596 | -6639 | 13% |
| Sat 02:30 | 958 | 7623 | -6665 | 13% |
| Sat 02:45 | 959 | 7651 | -6692 | 13% |
| Sat 03:15 | 967 | 7734 | -6767 | 13% |
| Sat 03:30 | 15 | 7774 | -7760 | 0% |
| Sat 03:45 | 981 | 7815 | -6833 | 13% |
| Sat 04:00 | 69 | 7856 | -7787 | 1% |
| Sat 04:15 | 1061 | 7907 | -6846 | 13% |
| Sat 04:30 | 1095 | 7958 | -6863 | 14% |
| Sat 04:45 | 1128 | 8009 | -6881 | 14% |
| Sat 05:00 | 1179 | 8087 | -6908 | 15% |
| Sat 05:15 | 1214 | 8137 | -6923 | 15% |
| Sat 05:30 | 1250 | 8188 | -6938 | 15% |
| Sat 05:45 | 1286 | 8239 | -6953 | 16% |
| Sat 06:00 | 1310 | 8276 | -6967 | 16% |
| Sat 06:15 | 1339 | 8318 | -6978 | 16% |
| Sat 06:30 | 463 | 8359 | -7896 | 6% |
| Sat 06:45 | 1426 | 8401 | -6976 | 17% |
| Sat 07:00 | 552 | 8447 | -7895 | 7% |
| Sat 07:15 | 1522 | 8480 | -6958 | 18% |
| Sat 07:30 | 1563 | 8512 | -6949 | 18% |
| Sat 07:45 | 1609 | 8545 | -6936 | 19% |
| Sat 08:00 | 1666 | 8574 | -6908 | 19% |
| Sat 08:15 | 1720 | 8591 | -6871 | 20% |
| Sat 08:30 | 1771 | 8608 | -6837 | 21% |
| Sat 08:45 | 1824 | 8625 | -6801 | 21% |
| Sat 09:00 | 1199 | 8630 | -7431 | 14% |
| Sat 09:15 | 1996 | 8634 | -6638 | 23% |
| Sat 09:45 | 2176 | 8630 | -6454 | 25% |
| Sat 10:00 | 2299 | 8624 | -6324 | 27% |
| Sat 10:15 | 2418 | 8622 | -6204 | 28% |
| Sat 10:30 | 1733 | 8622 | -6888 | 20% |
| Sat 10:45 | 2615 | 8621 | -6006 | 30% |
| Sat 11:15 | 2852 | 8616 | -5764 | 33% |
| Sat 11:30 | 2965 | 8612 | -5646 | 34% |
| Sat 11:45 | 3072 | 8607 | -5536 | 36% |
| Sat 12:00 | 3171 | 8595 | -5424 | 37% |
| Sat 12:15 | 3259 | 8589 | -5331 | 38% |
| Sat 12:30 | 3346 | 8584 | -5237 | 39% |
| Sat 12:45 | 3434 | 8578 | -5144 | 40% |
| Sat 13:00 | 3505 | 8573 | -5068 | 41% |
| Sat 13:15 | 3575 | 8570 | -4995 | 42% |
| Sat 13:30 | 3646 | 8568 | -4923 | 43% |
| Sat 13:45 | 3716 | 8566 | -4850 | 43% |
| Sat 14:15 | 3845 | 8557 | -4713 | 45% |
| Sat 14:30 | 3888 | 8549 | -4661 | 45% |
| Sat 14:45 | 3931 | 8541 | -4609 | 46% |
| Sat 15:00 | 3968 | 8511 | -4543 | 47% |
| Sat 15:15 | 3964 | 8495 | -4531 | 47% |
| Sat 15:45 | 3945 | 8511 | -4566 | 46% |
| Sat 16:00 | 100 | 8528 | -8428 | 1% |
| Sat 16:15 | 3878 | 8539 | -4661 | 45% |
| Sat 16:30 | 3874 | 8550 | -4676 | 45% |
| Sat 16:45 | 3871 | 8562 | -4691 | 45% |
| Sat 17:00 | 3914 | 8583 | -4669 | 46% |
| Sat 17:15 | 3937 | 8602 | -4665 | 46% |
| Sat 17:45 | 3914 | 8583 | -4669 | 46% |