When is Google Cloud europe-southwest1 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-04 17:51 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-southwest1 region runs in Madrid, Spain, on the Spain 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 18% of Spain's electricity demand around 18:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:30 UTC at roughly 86% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 12% around 19:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-southwest1
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 17:15 | 12084 | 37096 | -25012 | 33% |
| Fri 17:30 | 10045 | 37098 | -27053 | 27% |
| Fri 17:45 | 8209 | 37086 | -28877 | 22% |
| Fri 18:00 | 6717 | 37083 | -30366 | 18% |
| Fri 18:15 | 5559 | 37061 | -31502 | 15% |
| Fri 18:30 | 4849 | 37033 | -32184 | 13% |
| Fri 18:45 | 4505 | 36967 | -32462 | 12% |
| Fri 19:00 | 4352 | 37076 | -32724 | 12% |
| Fri 19:15 | 4434 | 36803 | -32369 | 12% |
| Fri 19:30 | 4519 | 36380 | -31861 | 12% |
| Fri 19:45 | 4606 | 35840 | -31234 | 13% |
| Fri 20:00 | 4708 | 35257 | -30549 | 13% |
| Fri 20:15 | 4781 | 34636 | -29855 | 14% |
| Fri 20:30 | 4841 | 34042 | -29201 | 14% |
| Fri 20:45 | 4887 | 33477 | -28590 | 15% |
| Fri 21:00 | 4918 | 32918 | -28000 | 15% |
| Fri 21:15 | 4728 | 32392 | -27664 | 15% |
| Fri 21:30 | 4957 | 31879 | -26922 | 16% |
| Fri 21:45 | 4968 | 31383 | -26415 | 16% |
| Fri 22:00 | 5682 | 30728 | -25046 | 18% |
| Fri 22:15 | 5728 | 30282 | -24554 | 19% |
| Fri 22:30 | 5753 | 29864 | -24111 | 19% |
| Fri 22:45 | 5758 | 29469 | -23711 | 20% |
| Fri 23:00 | 5802 | 29086 | -23284 | 20% |
| Fri 23:15 | 5761 | 28713 | -22952 | 20% |
| Fri 23:30 | 5696 | 28343 | -22647 | 20% |
| Fri 23:45 | 5423 | 27981 | -22558 | 19% |
| Sat 00:00 | 5528 | 27593 | -22065 | 20% |
| Sat 00:15 | 5234 | 27268 | -22034 | 19% |
| Sat 00:30 | 5292 | 26971 | -21679 | 20% |
| Sat 00:45 | 5169 | 26705 | -21536 | 19% |
| Sat 01:00 | 5003 | 26414 | -21411 | 19% |
| Sat 01:15 | 4747 | 26210 | -21463 | 18% |
| Sat 01:30 | 4659 | 26037 | -21378 | 18% |
| Sat 01:45 | 4586 | 25885 | -21299 | 18% |
| Sat 02:00 | 4502 | 25741 | -21239 | 17% |
| Sat 02:15 | 4598 | 25603 | -21005 | 18% |
| Sat 02:30 | 4547 | 25461 | -20914 | 18% |
| Sat 02:45 | 4505 | 25333 | -20828 | 18% |
| Sat 03:00 | 4464 | 25121 | -20657 | 18% |
| Sat 03:15 | 4430 | 25087 | -20657 | 18% |
| Sat 03:30 | 4396 | 25126 | -20730 | 17% |
| Sat 03:45 | 4363 | 25226 | -20863 | 17% |
| Sat 04:00 | 4348 | 25333 | -20985 | 17% |
| Sat 04:15 | 4293 | 25499 | -21206 | 17% |
| Sat 04:30 | 4222 | 25673 | -21451 | 16% |
| Sat 04:45 | 4140 | 25848 | -21708 | 16% |
| Sat 05:00 | 4058 | 26030 | -21972 | 16% |
| Sat 05:15 | 3977 | 26198 | -22221 | 15% |
| Sat 05:30 | 3937 | 26360 | -22423 | 15% |
| Sat 05:45 | 3932 | 26532 | -22600 | 15% |
| Sat 06:00 | 4873 | 26640 | -21767 | 18% |
| Sat 06:15 | 5576 | 26883 | -21307 | 21% |
| Sat 06:30 | 6517 | 27185 | -20668 | 24% |
| Sat 06:45 | 7656 | 27532 | -19876 | 28% |
| Sat 07:00 | 10120 | 27912 | -17792 | 36% |
| Sat 07:15 | 11746 | 28297 | -16551 | 42% |
| Sat 07:30 | 13382 | 28674 | -15292 | 47% |
| Sat 07:45 | 14944 | 29025 | -14081 | 51% |
| Sat 08:00 | 17190 | 29467 | -12277 | 58% |
| Sat 08:15 | 18599 | 29711 | -11112 | 63% |
| Sat 08:30 | 19824 | 29880 | -10056 | 66% |
| Sat 08:45 | 20879 | 29990 | -9111 | 70% |
| Sat 09:00 | 22045 | 30074 | -8029 | 73% |
| Sat 09:15 | 22792 | 30135 | -7343 | 76% |
| Sat 09:30 | 23434 | 30202 | -6768 | 78% |
| Sat 09:45 | 24025 | 30291 | -6266 | 79% |
| Sat 10:00 | 24703 | 30326 | -5623 | 81% |
| Sat 10:15 | 25127 | 30494 | -5367 | 82% |
| Sat 10:30 | 25471 | 30714 | -5243 | 83% |
| Sat 10:45 | 25760 | 30963 | -5203 | 83% |
| Sat 11:00 | 25231 | 31286 | -6055 | 81% |
| Sat 11:15 | 25473 | 31512 | -6039 | 81% |
| Sat 11:30 | 25738 | 31689 | -5951 | 81% |
| Sat 11:45 | 26862 | 31810 | -4948 | 84% |
| Sat 12:00 | 26047 | 31984 | -5937 | 81% |
| Sat 12:15 | 26171 | 31992 | -5821 | 82% |
| Sat 12:30 | 27322 | 31944 | -4622 | 86% |
| Sat 12:45 | 27195 | 31860 | -4665 | 85% |
| Sat 13:00 | 25277 | 31734 | -6457 | 80% |
| Sat 13:15 | 25130 | 31641 | -6511 | 79% |
| Sat 13:30 | 24970 | 31573 | -6603 | 79% |
| Sat 13:45 | 24775 | 31537 | -6762 | 79% |
| Sat 14:00 | 24896 | 31457 | -6561 | 79% |
| Sat 14:15 | 24583 | 31499 | -6916 | 78% |
| Sat 14:30 | 24203 | 31582 | -7379 | 77% |
| Sat 14:45 | 23754 | 31702 | -7948 | 75% |
| Sat 15:00 | 23692 | 31822 | -8130 | 74% |
| Sat 15:15 | 23841 | 31986 | -8145 | 75% |
| Sat 15:30 | 23022 | 32157 | -9135 | 72% |
| Sat 15:45 | 21305 | 32328 | -11023 | 66% |
| Sat 16:00 | 20928 | 32533 | -11605 | 64% |
| Sat 16:15 | 19738 | 32674 | -12936 | 60% |
| Sat 16:30 | 18380 | 32789 | -14409 | 56% |
| Sat 16:45 | 17330 | 32880 | -15550 | 53% |
| Sat 17:00 | 15613 | 32977 | -17364 | 47% |
| Sat 17:15 | 14293 | 33029 | -18736 | 43% |
| Sat 17:30 | 12500 | 33071 | -20571 | 38% |
| Sat 17:45 | 10844 | 33112 | -22268 | 33% |
| Sat 18:00 | 9463 | 33126 | -23663 | 29% |