When is Google Cloud europe-north1 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-06-06 14:03 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 26% of Finland's electricity demand around 14:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 21:45 UTC at roughly 57% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 2% around 15:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 14:00 | 2322 | 8898 | -6575 | 26% |
| Sat 14:15 | 2340 | 8889 | -6550 | 26% |
| Sat 14:30 | 2347 | 8880 | -6533 | 26% |
| Sat 14:45 | 2364 | 8872 | -6507 | 27% |
| Sat 15:00 | 219 | 8836 | -8617 | 2% |
| Sat 15:15 | 2370 | 8819 | -6449 | 27% |
| Sat 15:30 | 2416 | 8808 | -6392 | 27% |
| Sat 15:45 | 2462 | 8792 | -6329 | 28% |
| Sat 16:15 | 2663 | 8772 | -6109 | 30% |
| Sat 16:30 | 2761 | 8753 | -5992 | 32% |
| Sat 16:45 | 2860 | 8734 | -5874 | 33% |
| Sat 17:00 | 2992 | 8711 | -5719 | 34% |
| Sat 17:15 | 3119 | 8676 | -5558 | 36% |
| Sat 17:30 | 3245 | 8642 | -5396 | 38% |
| Sat 17:45 | 3372 | 8607 | -5235 | 39% |
| Sat 18:00 | 3533 | 8486 | -4954 | 42% |
| Sat 18:15 | 3661 | 8486 | -4825 | 43% |
| Sat 18:30 | 3789 | 8485 | -4696 | 45% |
| Sat 18:45 | 3917 | 8484 | -4567 | 46% |
| Sat 19:00 | 4070 | 8468 | -4398 | 48% |
| Sat 20:15 | 4440 | 8420 | -3980 | 53% |
| Sat 20:30 | 4452 | 8373 | -3921 | 53% |
| Sat 20:45 | 4470 | 8326 | -3856 | 54% |
| Sat 21:15 | 4471 | 7976 | -3506 | 56% |
| Sat 21:45 | 4470 | 7824 | -3354 | 57% |