When is Google Cloud europe-west4 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-22 20:49 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 11% of Netherlands's electricity demand around 21:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 52% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 10% around 17:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west4
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 20:15 | 1322 | 12219 | -10897 | 11% |
| Thu 20:30 | 1322 | 12058 | -10736 | 11% |
| Thu 20:45 | 1324 | 11870 | -10546 | 11% |
| Thu 21:00 | 1324 | 11839 | -10515 | 11% |
| Thu 21:15 | 1342 | 11777 | -10435 | 11% |
| Thu 21:30 | 1377 | 11604 | -10227 | 12% |
| Thu 21:45 | 1411 | 11503 | -10092 | 12% |
| Thu 22:00 | 1657 | 11552 | -9895 | 14% |
| Thu 22:15 | 1724 | 11580 | -9856 | 15% |
| Thu 22:30 | 1801 | 11538 | -9737 | 16% |
| Thu 22:45 | 1878 | 11481 | -9603 | 16% |
| Thu 23:00 | 1956 | 11419 | -9463 | 17% |
| Thu 23:15 | 2032 | 11235 | -9203 | 18% |
| Thu 23:30 | 2107 | 11171 | -9064 | 19% |
| Thu 23:45 | 2181 | 11115 | -8934 | 20% |
| Fri 00:00 | 2256 | 11040 | -8784 | 20% |
| Fri 00:15 | 2347 | 11072 | -8725 | 21% |
| Fri 00:30 | 2458 | 11009 | -8551 | 22% |
| Fri 00:45 | 2566 | 10921 | -8355 | 23% |
| Fri 01:00 | 2675 | 10867 | -8192 | 25% |
| Fri 01:15 | 2782 | 10802 | -8020 | 26% |
| Fri 01:30 | 2885 | 10704 | -7819 | 27% |
| Fri 01:45 | 2988 | 10690 | -7702 | 28% |
| Fri 02:00 | 3092 | 10636 | -7544 | 29% |
| Fri 02:15 | 3191 | 10641 | -7450 | 30% |
| Fri 02:30 | 3286 | 10636 | -7350 | 31% |
| Fri 02:45 | 3381 | 10602 | -7221 | 32% |
| Fri 03:00 | 3474 | 10658 | -7184 | 33% |
| Fri 03:15 | 3569 | 10729 | -7160 | 33% |
| Fri 03:30 | 3659 | 10785 | -7126 | 34% |
| Fri 03:45 | 3750 | 10868 | -7118 | 35% |
| Fri 04:00 | 3840 | 10887 | -7047 | 35% |
| Fri 04:15 | 3923 | 11018 | -7095 | 36% |
| Fri 04:30 | 4003 | 11137 | -7134 | 36% |
| Fri 04:45 | 4081 | 11366 | -7285 | 36% |
| Fri 05:00 | 4159 | 11634 | -7475 | 36% |
| Fri 05:15 | 4231 | 12145 | -7914 | 35% |
| Fri 05:30 | 4295 | 12231 | -7936 | 35% |
| Fri 05:45 | 4356 | 12484 | -8128 | 35% |
| Fri 06:00 | 4420 | 12819 | -8399 | 34% |
| Fri 06:15 | 4455 | 12600 | -8145 | 35% |
| Fri 06:30 | 1347 | 12836 | -11489 | 10% |
| Fri 06:45 | 4455 | 12999 | -8544 | 34% |
| Fri 07:00 | 4460 | 13208 | -8748 | 34% |
| Fri 07:15 | 4560 | 13146 | -8586 | 35% |
| Fri 07:30 | 4654 | 13175 | -8521 | 35% |
| Fri 07:45 | 4746 | 13225 | -8479 | 36% |
| Fri 08:00 | 4839 | 13401 | -8562 | 36% |
| Fri 08:15 | 4911 | 13172 | -8261 | 37% |
| Fri 08:30 | 4975 | 13185 | -8210 | 38% |
| Fri 08:45 | 5045 | 13095 | -8050 | 39% |
| Fri 09:00 | 5116 | 12980 | -7864 | 39% |
| Fri 09:15 | 5370 | 12971 | -7601 | 41% |
| Fri 09:30 | 5653 | 12914 | -7261 | 44% |
| Fri 09:45 | 5932 | 12807 | -6875 | 46% |
| Fri 10:00 | 6217 | 12772 | -6555 | 49% |
| Fri 10:15 | 6322 | 12784 | -6462 | 49% |
| Fri 10:30 | 6421 | 12781 | -6360 | 50% |
| Fri 10:45 | 6522 | 12726 | -6204 | 51% |
| Fri 11:00 | 6620 | 12875 | -6255 | 51% |
| Fri 11:15 | 6665 | 12920 | -6255 | 52% |
| Fri 11:30 | 6701 | 12911 | -6210 | 52% |
| Fri 11:45 | 6734 | 12946 | -6212 | 52% |
| Fri 12:00 | 6770 | 12928 | -6158 | 52% |
| Fri 12:15 | 6477 | 12919 | -6442 | 50% |
| Fri 12:30 | 6201 | 13005 | -6804 | 48% |
| Fri 12:45 | 5919 | 13190 | -7271 | 45% |
| Fri 13:00 | 5647 | 13260 | -7613 | 43% |
| Fri 13:15 | 5659 | 13364 | -7705 | 42% |
| Fri 13:30 | 5677 | 13457 | -7780 | 42% |
| Fri 13:45 | 5695 | 13340 | -7645 | 43% |
| Fri 14:00 | 5709 | 13255 | -7546 | 43% |
| Fri 14:15 | 5704 | 13499 | -7795 | 42% |
| Fri 14:30 | 5690 | 13593 | -7903 | 42% |
| Fri 14:45 | 5676 | 13697 | -8021 | 41% |
| Fri 15:00 | 5665 | 13634 | -7969 | 42% |
| Fri 15:15 | 5609 | 13626 | -8017 | 41% |
| Fri 15:30 | 5536 | 13681 | -8145 | 40% |
| Fri 15:45 | 5467 | 13662 | -8195 | 40% |
| Fri 16:00 | 5398 | 13491 | -8093 | 40% |
| Fri 16:15 | 5394 | 13232 | -7838 | 41% |
| Fri 16:30 | 5387 | 13107 | -7720 | 41% |
| Fri 16:45 | 5384 | 12980 | -7596 | 41% |
| Fri 17:00 | 1294 | 12924 | -11630 | 10% |
| Fri 17:15 | 5387 | 12903 | -7516 | 42% |
| Fri 17:30 | 5391 | 12881 | -7490 | 42% |
| Fri 17:45 | 5397 | 12777 | -7380 | 42% |
| Fri 18:00 | 5400 | 12645 | -7245 | 43% |
| Fri 18:15 | 5409 | 12322 | -6913 | 44% |
| Fri 18:30 | 5419 | 12215 | -6796 | 44% |
| Fri 18:45 | 5432 | 12171 | -6739 | 45% |
| Fri 19:00 | 5444 | 11999 | -6555 | 45% |
| Fri 19:15 | 5458 | 11886 | -6428 | 46% |
| Fri 19:30 | 5474 | 11851 | -6377 | 46% |
| Fri 19:45 | 5491 | 11750 | -6259 | 47% |
| Fri 20:00 | 5508 | 11847 | -6339 | 46% |
| Fri 20:15 | 5519 | 11756 | -6237 | 47% |
| Fri 20:30 | 5531 | 11754 | -6223 | 47% |
| Fri 20:45 | 5537 | 11788 | -6251 | 47% |
| Fri 21:00 | 5547 | 11812 | -6265 | 47% |
| Fri 21:15 | 5553 | 11857 | -6304 | 47% |