When is Google Cloud europe-west4 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-04 17:51 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-west4 region runs in Eemshaven, Netherlands, on the Netherlands 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 35% of Netherlands's electricity demand around 18:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 107% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 16% around 18:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
- There is forecast surplus renewable generation around 12:00 UTC — an ideal low-carbon window for flexible loads such as EV charging, laundry or heating.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west4
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 17:45 | 4356 | 12269 | -7913 | 36% |
| Fri 18:00 | 4271 | 12341 | -8070 | 35% |
| Fri 18:15 | 4218 | 12324 | -8106 | 34% |
| Fri 18:30 | 4167 | 12311 | -8144 | 34% |
| Fri 18:45 | 4114 | 12236 | -8122 | 34% |
| Fri 19:00 | 4055 | 12174 | -8119 | 33% |
| Fri 19:15 | 4035 | 12114 | -8079 | 33% |
| Fri 19:30 | 4011 | 12217 | -8206 | 33% |
| Fri 19:45 | 3988 | 12183 | -8195 | 33% |
| Fri 20:00 | 3969 | 12046 | -8077 | 33% |
| Fri 20:15 | 3942 | 11860 | -7918 | 33% |
| Fri 20:30 | 3913 | 11805 | -7892 | 33% |
| Fri 20:45 | 3886 | 11669 | -7783 | 33% |
| Fri 21:00 | 3857 | 11653 | -7796 | 33% |
| Fri 21:15 | 3833 | 11553 | -7720 | 33% |
| Fri 21:30 | 3815 | 11551 | -7736 | 33% |
| Fri 21:45 | 3798 | 11574 | -7776 | 33% |
| Fri 22:00 | 4064 | 11482 | -7418 | 35% |
| Fri 22:15 | 4018 | 11417 | -7399 | 35% |
| Fri 22:30 | 3970 | 11204 | -7234 | 35% |
| Fri 22:45 | 3923 | 11099 | -7176 | 35% |
| Fri 23:00 | 3873 | 11139 | -7266 | 35% |
| Fri 23:15 | 3824 | 11158 | -7334 | 34% |
| Fri 23:30 | 3772 | 11055 | -7283 | 34% |
| Fri 23:45 | 3722 | 11017 | -7295 | 34% |
| Sat 00:00 | 3667 | 10913 | -7246 | 34% |
| Sat 00:15 | 3653 | 10768 | -7115 | 34% |
| Sat 00:30 | 3672 | 10754 | -7082 | 34% |
| Sat 00:45 | 3690 | 10672 | -6982 | 35% |
| Sat 01:00 | 3707 | 10618 | -6911 | 35% |
| Sat 01:15 | 3725 | 10540 | -6815 | 35% |
| Sat 01:30 | 3742 | 10544 | -6802 | 35% |
| Sat 01:45 | 3759 | 10565 | -6806 | 36% |
| Sat 02:00 | 3775 | 10522 | -6747 | 36% |
| Sat 02:15 | 3789 | 10475 | -6686 | 36% |
| Sat 02:30 | 3805 | 10362 | -6557 | 37% |
| Sat 02:45 | 3820 | 10378 | -6558 | 37% |
| Sat 03:00 | 3833 | 10278 | -6445 | 37% |
| Sat 03:15 | 3842 | 10246 | -6404 | 37% |
| Sat 03:30 | 3845 | 10168 | -6323 | 38% |
| Sat 03:45 | 3848 | 10105 | -6257 | 38% |
| Sat 04:00 | 3851 | 10205 | -6354 | 38% |
| Sat 04:15 | 3851 | 10209 | -6358 | 38% |
| Sat 04:30 | 3849 | 10207 | -6358 | 38% |
| Sat 04:45 | 3847 | 10191 | -6344 | 38% |
| Sat 05:00 | 3845 | 10282 | -6437 | 37% |
| Sat 05:15 | 3855 | 10286 | -6431 | 37% |
| Sat 05:30 | 3865 | 10182 | -6317 | 38% |
| Sat 05:45 | 3876 | 10262 | -6386 | 38% |
| Sat 06:00 | 3885 | 10241 | -6356 | 38% |
| Sat 06:15 | 4129 | 9936 | -5807 | 42% |
| Sat 06:30 | 4381 | 9713 | -5332 | 45% |
| Sat 06:45 | 4632 | 9513 | -4881 | 49% |
| Sat 07:00 | 4885 | 9433 | -4548 | 52% |
| Sat 07:15 | 5123 | 9148 | -4025 | 56% |
| Sat 07:30 | 5360 | 8954 | -3594 | 60% |
| Sat 07:45 | 5595 | 8653 | -3058 | 65% |
| Sat 08:00 | 5833 | 8519 | -2686 | 68% |
| Sat 08:15 | 6051 | 8331 | -2280 | 73% |
| Sat 08:30 | 6271 | 7974 | -1703 | 79% |
| Sat 08:45 | 6490 | 7643 | -1153 | 85% |
| Sat 09:00 | 6707 | 7431 | -724 | 90% |
| Sat 09:15 | 6805 | 7122 | -317 | 96% |
| Sat 09:30 | 6896 | 6931 | -35 | 99% |
| Sat 09:45 | 4310 | 6737 | -2427 | 64% |
| Sat 10:00 | 7076 | 7028 | +48 | 101% |
| Sat 10:15 | 7175 | 7116 | +59 | 101% |
| Sat 10:30 | 7280 | 7144 | +136 | 102% |
| Sat 10:45 | 7386 | 7258 | +128 | 102% |
| Sat 11:00 | 7490 | 7064 | +426 | 106% |
| Sat 11:15 | 7535 | 7133 | +402 | 106% |
| Sat 11:30 | 7582 | 7203 | +379 | 105% |
| Sat 11:45 | 7631 | 7209 | +422 | 106% |
| Sat 12:00 | 7673 | 7163 | +510 | 107% |
| Sat 12:15 | 7616 | 7484 | +132 | 102% |
| Sat 12:30 | 7533 | 7694 | -161 | 98% |
| Sat 12:45 | 7448 | 7803 | -355 | 95% |
| Sat 13:00 | 7361 | 7738 | -377 | 95% |
| Sat 13:15 | 7217 | 7752 | -535 | 93% |
| Sat 13:30 | 7075 | 7947 | -872 | 89% |
| Sat 13:45 | 6931 | 8050 | -1119 | 86% |
| Sat 14:00 | 6787 | 8219 | -1432 | 83% |
| Sat 14:15 | 6584 | 8382 | -1798 | 79% |
| Sat 14:30 | 6378 | 8687 | -2309 | 73% |
| Sat 14:45 | 6170 | 8913 | -2743 | 69% |
| Sat 15:00 | 5967 | 9097 | -3130 | 66% |
| Sat 15:15 | 5769 | 9406 | -3637 | 61% |
| Sat 15:30 | 5545 | 9736 | -4191 | 57% |
| Sat 15:45 | 5325 | 9947 | -4622 | 54% |
| Sat 16:00 | 5100 | 10175 | -5075 | 50% |
| Sat 16:15 | 4751 | 10420 | -5669 | 46% |
| Sat 16:30 | 4410 | 10763 | -6353 | 41% |
| Sat 16:45 | 4067 | 10866 | -6799 | 37% |
| Sat 17:00 | 3725 | 10892 | -7167 | 34% |
| Sat 17:15 | 3398 | 10957 | -7559 | 31% |
| Sat 17:30 | 3075 | 11050 | -7975 | 28% |
| Sat 17:45 | 2746 | 10999 | -8253 | 25% |
| Sat 18:00 | 2422 | 11168 | -8746 | 22% |
| Sat 18:15 | 2230 | 11271 | -9041 | 20% |
| Sat 18:30 | 2029 | 11367 | -9338 | 18% |
| Sat 18:45 | 1822 | 11418 | -9596 | 16% |