When is Google Cloud europe-west6 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-22 20:49 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-west6 region runs in Zurich, Switzerland, on the Switzerland 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 0% of Switzerland's electricity demand around 21:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:00 UTC at roughly 14% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 20:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west6
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 20:00 | 15 | 7194 | -7179 | 0% |
| Thu 21:00 | 16 | 7048 | -7032 | 0% |
| Thu 22:00 | 20 | 6362 | -6342 | 0% |
| Fri 00:00 | 20 | 6891 | -6871 | 0% |
| Fri 01:00 | 21 | 5884 | -5863 | 0% |
| Fri 02:00 | 21 | 6510 | -6489 | 0% |
| Fri 03:00 | 23 | 6128 | -6105 | 0% |
| Fri 04:00 | 25 | 7819 | -7794 | 0% |
| Fri 05:00 | 27 | 7500 | -7473 | 0% |
| Fri 06:00 | 147 | 7806 | -7659 | 2% |
| Fri 07:00 | 419 | 7409 | -6991 | 6% |
| Fri 08:00 | 665 | 7421 | -6755 | 9% |
| Fri 09:00 | 836 | 7457 | -6621 | 11% |
| Fri 10:00 | 975 | 7364 | -6389 | 13% |
| Fri 11:00 | 1012 | 7349 | -6337 | 14% |
| Fri 12:00 | 1000 | 7281 | -6281 | 14% |
| Fri 13:00 | 816 | 7398 | -6582 | 11% |
| Fri 14:00 | 535 | 8045 | -7510 | 7% |
| Fri 15:00 | 208 | 8028 | -7820 | 3% |
| Fri 16:00 | 54 | 7961 | -7907 | 1% |
| Fri 17:00 | 42 | 7957 | -7915 | 1% |
| Fri 18:00 | 42 | 7957 | -7915 | 1% |
| Fri 19:00 | 42 | 7545 | -7502 | 1% |
| Fri 20:00 | 42 | 6693 | -6650 | 1% |