When is Google Cloud europe-north1 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-07-21 16:08 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 9% of Finland's electricity demand around 16:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 22:00 UTC at roughly 22% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 1% around 03:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 16:00 | 802 | 8525 | -7723 | 9% |
| Tue 16:15 | 751 | 8509 | -7759 | 9% |
| Tue 16:30 | 271 | 8493 | -8222 | 3% |
| Tue 16:45 | 694 | 8478 | -7783 | 8% |
| Tue 17:00 | 673 | 8459 | -7786 | 8% |
| Tue 17:15 | 676 | 8426 | -7751 | 8% |
| Tue 17:30 | 679 | 8394 | -7715 | 8% |
| Tue 17:45 | 683 | 8362 | -7680 | 8% |
| Tue 18:00 | 722 | 8245 | -7523 | 9% |
| Tue 19:15 | 895 | 8236 | -7341 | 11% |
| Tue 19:30 | 947 | 8228 | -7281 | 12% |
| Tue 19:45 | 998 | 8220 | -7222 | 12% |
| Tue 20:00 | 1044 | 8173 | -7129 | 13% |
| Tue 20:15 | 1094 | 8126 | -7032 | 13% |
| Tue 20:30 | 1144 | 8078 | -6934 | 14% |
| Tue 20:45 | 1194 | 8030 | -6836 | 15% |
| Tue 21:00 | 1266 | 7946 | -6680 | 16% |
| Tue 21:15 | 1302 | 7882 | -6580 | 17% |
| Tue 21:30 | 1338 | 7818 | -6480 | 17% |
| Tue 21:45 | 1375 | 7754 | -6380 | 18% |
| Tue 22:00 | 1648 | 7640 | -5991 | 22% |
| Tue 22:15 | 1623 | 7588 | -5965 | 21% |
| Tue 22:30 | 1598 | 7536 | -5938 | 21% |
| Tue 22:45 | 1573 | 7484 | -5912 | 21% |
| Tue 23:00 | 1547 | 7444 | -5897 | 21% |
| Tue 23:15 | 1517 | 7413 | -5896 | 20% |
| Tue 23:30 | 1487 | 7382 | -5895 | 20% |
| Tue 23:45 | 1457 | 7351 | -5894 | 20% |
| Wed 00:00 | 1430 | 7327 | -5896 | 20% |
| Wed 00:15 | 1391 | 7317 | -5926 | 19% |
| Wed 00:30 | 1351 | 7311 | -5960 | 18% |
| Wed 00:45 | 1311 | 7301 | -5990 | 18% |
| Wed 01:15 | 1208 | 7294 | -6086 | 17% |
| Wed 01:45 | 1120 | 7301 | -6181 | 15% |
| Wed 02:00 | 1056 | 7335 | -6279 | 14% |
| Wed 02:15 | 1048 | 7400 | -6353 | 14% |
| Wed 02:30 | 1049 | 7466 | -6417 | 14% |
| Wed 02:45 | 1041 | 7531 | -6490 | 14% |
| Wed 03:00 | 108 | 7683 | -7575 | 1% |
| Wed 03:15 | 1069 | 7775 | -6706 | 14% |
| Wed 03:30 | 1064 | 7867 | -6802 | 14% |
| Wed 03:45 | 1060 | 7959 | -6899 | 13% |
| Wed 04:00 | 1044 | 8072 | -7028 | 13% |
| Wed 04:15 | 1022 | 8136 | -7114 | 13% |
| Wed 04:30 | 1001 | 8200 | -7199 | 12% |
| Wed 04:45 | 979 | 8264 | -7285 | 12% |
| Wed 05:00 | 923 | 8265 | -7342 | 11% |
| Wed 05:15 | 903 | 8309 | -7406 | 11% |
| Wed 05:30 | 884 | 8354 | -7470 | 11% |
| Wed 05:45 | 865 | 8398 | -7533 | 10% |
| Wed 06:00 | 861 | 8456 | -7596 | 10% |
| Wed 06:15 | 859 | 8501 | -7643 | 10% |
| Wed 06:30 | 856 | 8546 | -7690 | 10% |
| Wed 06:45 | 854 | 8592 | -7737 | 10% |
| Wed 07:00 | 858 | 8636 | -7778 | 10% |
| Wed 07:15 | 871 | 8674 | -7803 | 10% |
| Wed 07:30 | 884 | 8711 | -7828 | 10% |
| Wed 07:45 | 897 | 8749 | -7852 | 10% |
| Wed 08:00 | 932 | 8791 | -7859 | 11% |
| Wed 08:15 | 950 | 8815 | -7865 | 11% |
| Wed 08:30 | 969 | 8832 | -7862 | 11% |
| Wed 08:45 | 988 | 8856 | -7868 | 11% |
| Wed 09:15 | 997 | 8870 | -7873 | 11% |
| Wed 09:30 | 787 | 8884 | -8098 | 9% |
| Wed 09:45 | 1012 | 8898 | -7886 | 11% |
| Wed 10:00 | 1035 | 8928 | -7893 | 12% |
| Wed 10:15 | 1057 | 8942 | -7886 | 12% |
| Wed 10:45 | 1079 | 8928 | -7850 | 12% |
| Wed 11:00 | 1093 | 8914 | -7821 | 12% |
| Wed 11:15 | 1090 | 8905 | -7814 | 12% |
| Wed 11:30 | 1087 | 8895 | -7808 | 12% |
| Wed 11:45 | 1085 | 8886 | -7801 | 12% |
| Wed 12:00 | 1049 | 8878 | -7829 | 12% |
| Wed 12:15 | 1040 | 8866 | -7826 | 12% |
| Wed 12:30 | 1038 | 8854 | -7816 | 12% |
| Wed 12:45 | 1029 | 8842 | -7813 | 12% |
| Wed 13:00 | 423 | 8830 | -8408 | 5% |
| Wed 13:15 | 1025 | 8813 | -7788 | 12% |
| Wed 13:30 | 1016 | 8795 | -7779 | 12% |
| Wed 13:45 | 1007 | 8777 | -7770 | 11% |
| Wed 14:00 | 995 | 8759 | -7764 | 11% |
| Wed 14:15 | 976 | 8732 | -7756 | 11% |
| Wed 14:30 | 957 | 8704 | -7747 | 11% |
| Wed 14:45 | 938 | 8676 | -7738 | 11% |
| Wed 15:00 | 902 | 8608 | -7705 | 10% |
| Wed 15:15 | 880 | 8588 | -7708 | 10% |
| Wed 15:30 | 859 | 8576 | -7717 | 10% |
| Wed 15:45 | 837 | 8557 | -7720 | 10% |
| Wed 16:15 | 808 | 8534 | -7727 | 9% |
| Wed 16:30 | 231 | 8512 | -8281 | 3% |
| Wed 16:45 | 751 | 8489 | -7739 | 9% |
| Wed 17:00 | 719 | 8458 | -7739 | 8% |