When is Google Cloud europe-north1 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-22 20:49 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 50% of Finland's electricity demand around 21:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 21:45 UTC at roughly 51% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 2% around 11:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 20:15 | 4764 | 9880 | -5116 | 48% |
| Thu 20:30 | 4774 | 9800 | -5026 | 49% |
| Thu 20:45 | 4785 | 9721 | -4935 | 49% |
| Thu 21:00 | 4794 | 9555 | -4761 | 50% |
| Thu 21:15 | 4798 | 9487 | -4689 | 51% |
| Thu 21:45 | 4794 | 9350 | -4556 | 51% |
| Thu 22:00 | 4707 | 9594 | -4887 | 49% |
| Thu 22:15 | 4692 | 9565 | -4872 | 49% |
| Thu 22:45 | 4707 | 9517 | -4811 | 49% |
| Thu 23:15 | 4728 | 9503 | -4775 | 50% |
| Thu 23:30 | 4742 | 9489 | -4748 | 50% |
| Thu 23:45 | 4755 | 9475 | -4720 | 50% |
| Fri 00:00 | 4796 | 9469 | -4674 | 51% |
| Fri 00:15 | 4815 | 9452 | -4637 | 51% |
| Fri 00:45 | 4796 | 9417 | -4621 | 51% |
| Fri 01:00 | 4778 | 9374 | -4595 | 51% |
| Fri 01:15 | 4765 | 9339 | -4574 | 51% |
| Fri 01:45 | 4738 | 9374 | -4635 | 51% |
| Fri 02:00 | 4707 | 9434 | -4726 | 50% |
| Fri 02:15 | 4690 | 9525 | -4835 | 49% |
| Fri 02:45 | 4707 | 9709 | -5002 | 48% |
| Fri 03:00 | 4733 | 9937 | -5204 | 48% |
| Fri 03:15 | 4750 | 10040 | -5290 | 47% |
| Fri 03:45 | 4733 | 10245 | -5512 | 46% |
| Fri 04:00 | 4716 | 10318 | -5602 | 46% |
| Fri 04:15 | 4697 | 10368 | -5670 | 45% |
| Fri 04:30 | 4679 | 10418 | -5739 | 45% |
| Fri 04:45 | 4660 | 10468 | -5808 | 45% |
| Fri 05:00 | 4657 | 10489 | -5833 | 44% |
| Fri 05:15 | 4616 | 10492 | -5876 | 44% |
| Fri 05:45 | 4534 | 10489 | -5955 | 43% |
| Fri 06:00 | 4496 | 10483 | -5988 | 43% |
| Fri 06:15 | 4433 | 10483 | -6050 | 42% |
| Fri 06:45 | 4308 | 10483 | -6176 | 41% |
| Fri 07:00 | 4240 | 10484 | -6244 | 40% |
| Fri 07:15 | 4143 | 10484 | -6342 | 40% |
| Fri 07:45 | 3949 | 10484 | -6535 | 38% |
| Fri 08:00 | 3808 | 10480 | -6673 | 36% |
| Fri 08:15 | 3686 | 10461 | -6774 | 35% |
| Fri 08:30 | 3566 | 10442 | -6876 | 34% |
| Fri 08:45 | 3444 | 10422 | -6978 | 33% |
| Fri 09:00 | 3271 | 10383 | -7112 | 32% |
| Fri 09:15 | 3175 | 10348 | -7172 | 31% |
| Fri 09:30 | 2814 | 10313 | -7499 | 27% |
| Fri 09:45 | 2980 | 10278 | -7298 | 29% |
| Fri 10:00 | 2692 | 10224 | -7533 | 26% |
| Fri 10:15 | 2913 | 10190 | -7277 | 29% |
| Fri 10:30 | 2871 | 10155 | -7284 | 28% |
| Fri 10:45 | 2829 | 10120 | -7291 | 28% |
| Fri 11:00 | 2794 | 10075 | -7281 | 28% |
| Fri 11:15 | 2743 | 10058 | -7315 | 27% |
| Fri 11:30 | 208 | 10048 | -9840 | 2% |
| Fri 11:45 | 2752 | 10032 | -7279 | 27% |
| Fri 12:15 | 2832 | 10021 | -7189 | 28% |
| Fri 12:45 | 2958 | 10032 | -7074 | 29% |
| Fri 13:15 | 3201 | 10050 | -6850 | 32% |
| Fri 13:30 | 3312 | 10063 | -6750 | 33% |
| Fri 13:45 | 3424 | 10081 | -6657 | 34% |
| Fri 14:00 | 3560 | 10115 | -6555 | 35% |
| Fri 14:15 | 3691 | 10170 | -6480 | 36% |
| Fri 14:30 | 3821 | 10226 | -6405 | 37% |
| Fri 14:45 | 3951 | 10281 | -6330 | 38% |
| Fri 15:00 | 4084 | 10494 | -6410 | 39% |
| Fri 15:15 | 4184 | 10497 | -6313 | 40% |
| Fri 15:30 | 4284 | 10498 | -6214 | 41% |
| Fri 15:45 | 4384 | 10500 | -6117 | 42% |
| Fri 16:15 | 4523 | 10502 | -5979 | 43% |
| Fri 16:45 | 4650 | 10500 | -5850 | 44% |
| Fri 17:00 | 4690 | 10440 | -5750 | 45% |
| Fri 17:15 | 4725 | 10398 | -5673 | 45% |
| Fri 17:30 | 4761 | 10356 | -5596 | 46% |
| Fri 17:45 | 4796 | 10315 | -5519 | 46% |
| Fri 18:00 | 4832 | 10190 | -5358 | 47% |
| Fri 18:15 | 4842 | 10173 | -5331 | 48% |
| Fri 18:45 | 4832 | 10144 | -5312 | 48% |
| Fri 19:15 | 4817 | 10097 | -5280 | 48% |
| Fri 19:30 | 4807 | 10051 | -5244 | 48% |
| Fri 19:45 | 4792 | 10004 | -5212 | 48% |
| Fri 20:00 | 4728 | 9926 | -5198 | 48% |
| Fri 20:15 | 4688 | 9839 | -5151 | 48% |
| Fri 20:30 | 4648 | 9751 | -5103 | 48% |
| Fri 20:45 | 4607 | 9663 | -5056 | 48% |
| Fri 21:00 | 4572 | 9494 | -4922 | 48% |
| Fri 21:15 | 4517 | 9412 | -4896 | 48% |