When is Google Cloud europe-west4 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-07-21 16:10 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 38% of Netherlands's electricity demand around 16:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 13:15 UTC at roughly 70% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 4% around 23:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 16:00 | 3901 | 9415 | -5514 | 41% |
| Tue 16:15 | 3728 | 9787 | -6059 | 38% |
| Tue 16:30 | 3556 | 10052 | -6496 | 35% |
| Tue 16:45 | 3387 | 10307 | -6920 | 33% |
| Tue 17:00 | 3217 | 10571 | -7354 | 30% |
| Tue 17:15 | 3061 | 10862 | -7801 | 28% |
| Tue 17:30 | 2902 | 11038 | -8136 | 26% |
| Tue 17:45 | 2744 | 11312 | -8568 | 24% |
| Tue 18:00 | 2588 | 11463 | -8875 | 23% |
| Tue 18:15 | 2424 | 11610 | -9186 | 21% |
| Tue 18:30 | 2213 | 11719 | -9506 | 19% |
| Tue 18:45 | 2003 | 11817 | -9814 | 17% |
| Tue 19:00 | 1792 | 11884 | -10092 | 15% |
| Tue 19:15 | 1640 | 11859 | -10219 | 14% |
| Tue 19:30 | 1478 | 11963 | -10485 | 12% |
| Tue 19:45 | 1320 | 12031 | -10711 | 11% |
| Tue 20:00 | 1158 | 12007 | -10849 | 10% |
| Tue 20:15 | 1094 | 11924 | -10830 | 9% |
| Tue 20:30 | 1041 | 11949 | -10908 | 9% |
| Tue 20:45 | 987 | 11927 | -10940 | 8% |
| Tue 21:00 | 938 | 11858 | -10920 | 8% |
| Tue 21:15 | 917 | 11777 | -10860 | 8% |
| Tue 21:30 | 919 | 11665 | -10746 | 8% |
| Tue 21:45 | 658 | 11565 | -10907 | 6% |
| Tue 22:00 | 688 | 11517 | -10829 | 6% |
| Tue 22:15 | 678 | 11498 | -10820 | 6% |
| Tue 22:30 | 668 | 11396 | -10728 | 6% |
| Tue 22:45 | 658 | 11334 | -10676 | 6% |
| Tue 23:00 | 648 | 11258 | -10610 | 6% |
| Tue 23:15 | 644 | 11202 | -10558 | 6% |
| Tue 23:30 | 638 | 11223 | -10585 | 6% |
| Tue 23:45 | 483 | 11197 | -10714 | 4% |
| Wed 00:00 | 630 | 11129 | -10499 | 6% |
| Wed 00:15 | 645 | 11102 | -10457 | 6% |
| Wed 00:30 | 681 | 11067 | -10386 | 6% |
| Wed 00:45 | 714 | 11014 | -10300 | 6% |
| Wed 01:00 | 748 | 10994 | -10246 | 7% |
| Wed 01:15 | 789 | 11052 | -10263 | 7% |
| Wed 01:30 | 834 | 11042 | -10208 | 8% |
| Wed 01:45 | 876 | 11027 | -10151 | 8% |
| Wed 02:00 | 921 | 11006 | -10085 | 8% |
| Wed 02:15 | 968 | 10971 | -10003 | 9% |
| Wed 02:30 | 1014 | 10931 | -9917 | 9% |
| Wed 02:45 | 1060 | 10929 | -9869 | 10% |
| Wed 03:00 | 1108 | 10940 | -9832 | 10% |
| Wed 03:15 | 1149 | 10928 | -9779 | 11% |
| Wed 03:30 | 1180 | 10940 | -9760 | 11% |
| Wed 03:45 | 1212 | 10967 | -9755 | 11% |
| Wed 04:00 | 1243 | 11003 | -9760 | 11% |
| Wed 04:15 | 1316 | 11004 | -9688 | 12% |
| Wed 04:30 | 1406 | 10955 | -9549 | 13% |
| Wed 04:45 | 1492 | 11099 | -9607 | 13% |
| Wed 05:00 | 1580 | 11247 | -9667 | 14% |
| Wed 05:15 | 1715 | 11349 | -9634 | 15% |
| Wed 05:30 | 1843 | 11411 | -9568 | 16% |
| Wed 05:45 | 1975 | 11447 | -9472 | 17% |
| Wed 06:00 | 2105 | 11579 | -9474 | 18% |
| Wed 06:15 | 2251 | 11360 | -9109 | 20% |
| Wed 06:30 | 2398 | 11333 | -8935 | 21% |
| Wed 06:45 | 2550 | 11364 | -8814 | 22% |
| Wed 07:00 | 2700 | 11326 | -8626 | 24% |
| Wed 07:15 | 2869 | 11327 | -8458 | 25% |
| Wed 07:30 | 3044 | 11308 | -8264 | 27% |
| Wed 07:45 | 3217 | 11208 | -7991 | 29% |
| Wed 08:00 | 3391 | 11146 | -7755 | 30% |
| Wed 08:15 | 3561 | 10859 | -7298 | 33% |
| Wed 08:30 | 3738 | 10599 | -6861 | 35% |
| Wed 08:45 | 3915 | 10358 | -6443 | 38% |
| Wed 09:00 | 4092 | 10177 | -6085 | 40% |
| Wed 09:15 | 4320 | 10110 | -5790 | 43% |
| Wed 09:30 | 4545 | 9974 | -5429 | 46% |
| Wed 09:45 | 4772 | 9748 | -4976 | 49% |
| Wed 10:00 | 4998 | 9703 | -4705 | 52% |
| Wed 10:15 | 5136 | 9597 | -4461 | 54% |
| Wed 10:30 | 5279 | 9453 | -4174 | 56% |
| Wed 10:45 | 5420 | 9362 | -3942 | 58% |
| Wed 11:00 | 5560 | 9374 | -3814 | 59% |
| Wed 11:15 | 5655 | 9559 | -3904 | 59% |
| Wed 11:30 | 5748 | 9505 | -3757 | 60% |
| Wed 11:45 | 5836 | 9449 | -3613 | 62% |
| Wed 12:00 | 5930 | 9390 | -3460 | 63% |
| Wed 12:15 | 6089 | 9472 | -3383 | 64% |
| Wed 12:30 | 6214 | 9306 | -3092 | 67% |
| Wed 12:45 | 6337 | 9265 | -2928 | 68% |
| Wed 13:00 | 6461 | 9339 | -2878 | 69% |
| Wed 13:15 | 6376 | 9126 | -2750 | 70% |
| Wed 13:30 | 6279 | 9062 | -2783 | 69% |
| Wed 13:45 | 6181 | 9052 | -2871 | 68% |
| Wed 14:00 | 6088 | 9051 | -2963 | 67% |
| Wed 14:15 | 5953 | 9205 | -3252 | 65% |
| Wed 14:30 | 5822 | 9284 | -3462 | 63% |
| Wed 14:45 | 5692 | 9427 | -3735 | 60% |
| Wed 15:00 | 5560 | 9653 | -4093 | 58% |
| Wed 15:15 | 5405 | 9907 | -4502 | 55% |
| Wed 15:30 | 5249 | 10165 | -4916 | 52% |
| Wed 15:45 | 5091 | 10371 | -5280 | 49% |
| Wed 16:00 | 4931 | 10548 | -5617 | 47% |
| Wed 16:15 | 4744 | 10752 | -6008 | 44% |
| Wed 16:30 | 4555 | 10922 | -6367 | 42% |
| Wed 16:45 | 4366 | 11006 | -6640 | 40% |
| Wed 17:00 | 4177 | 11064 | -6887 | 38% |