When is Google Cloud europe-west8 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-22 20:49 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-west8 region runs in Milan, Italy, on the Italy 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 7% of Italy's electricity demand around 21:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 10:45 UTC at roughly 39% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 3% around 05:15 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west8
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 20:45 | 2218 | 30220 | -28002 | 7% |
| Thu 21:00 | 2153 | 29480 | -27327 | 7% |
| Thu 21:15 | 2051 | 29050 | -26999 | 7% |
| Thu 21:30 | 2000 | 28560 | -26560 | 7% |
| Thu 21:45 | 1957 | 27840 | -25883 | 7% |
| Thu 22:00 | 1894 | 27280 | -25386 | 7% |
| Thu 22:15 | 1839 | 26720 | -24881 | 7% |
| Thu 22:30 | 1815 | 26280 | -24465 | 7% |
| Thu 22:45 | 1782 | 26030 | -24248 | 7% |
| Thu 23:00 | 1737 | 25559 | -23822 | 7% |
| Thu 23:15 | 1694 | 25280 | -23586 | 7% |
| Thu 23:30 | 1636 | 25229 | -23593 | 6% |
| Thu 23:45 | 1619 | 24849 | -23230 | 7% |
| Fri 00:00 | 1583 | 24770 | -23187 | 6% |
| Fri 00:15 | 1533 | 24339 | -22806 | 6% |
| Fri 00:30 | 1495 | 24250 | -22755 | 6% |
| Fri 00:45 | 1474 | 24220 | -22746 | 6% |
| Fri 01:00 | 1462 | 24150 | -22688 | 6% |
| Fri 01:15 | 1453 | 24089 | -22636 | 6% |
| Fri 01:30 | 1407 | 23999 | -22592 | 6% |
| Fri 01:45 | 1376 | 24030 | -22654 | 6% |
| Fri 02:00 | 1305 | 24159 | -22854 | 5% |
| Fri 02:15 | 1277 | 24139 | -22862 | 5% |
| Fri 02:30 | 1242 | 24509 | -23267 | 5% |
| Fri 02:45 | 1200 | 24849 | -23649 | 5% |
| Fri 03:00 | 1130 | 25380 | -24250 | 4% |
| Fri 03:15 | 1102 | 25579 | -24477 | 4% |
| Fri 03:30 | 1080 | 26200 | -25120 | 4% |
| Fri 03:45 | 1068 | 26920 | -25852 | 4% |
| Fri 04:00 | 1044 | 28751 | -27707 | 4% |
| Fri 04:15 | 1016 | 30111 | -29095 | 3% |
| Fri 04:30 | 1011 | 31070 | -30059 | 3% |
| Fri 04:45 | 992 | 32259 | -31267 | 3% |
| Fri 05:00 | 971 | 34009 | -33038 | 3% |
| Fri 05:15 | 964 | 35330 | -34366 | 3% |
| Fri 05:30 | 1089 | 36049 | -34960 | 3% |
| Fri 05:45 | 1248 | 36450 | -35202 | 3% |
| Fri 06:00 | 1763 | 37940 | -36177 | 5% |
| Fri 06:15 | 2673 | 38270 | -35597 | 7% |
| Fri 06:30 | 3563 | 38610 | -35047 | 9% |
| Fri 06:45 | 4474 | 38750 | -34276 | 12% |
| Fri 07:00 | 5521 | 38920 | -33399 | 14% |
| Fri 07:30 | 7721 | 38740 | -31019 | 20% |
| Fri 07:45 | 8697 | 38500 | -29803 | 23% |
| Fri 08:00 | 9505 | 38530 | -29025 | 25% |
| Fri 08:15 | 10321 | 38390 | -28069 | 27% |
| Fri 08:30 | 10980 | 37909 | -26929 | 29% |
| Fri 08:45 | 11599 | 37810 | -26211 | 31% |
| Fri 09:00 | 12062 | 37301 | -25239 | 32% |
| Fri 09:15 | 12482 | 37230 | -24748 | 34% |
| Fri 09:30 | 12761 | 37190 | -24429 | 34% |
| Fri 09:45 | 13093 | 36730 | -23637 | 36% |
| Fri 10:00 | 13253 | 35510 | -22257 | 37% |
| Fri 10:15 | 13383 | 35240 | -21857 | 38% |
| Fri 10:30 | 13502 | 34761 | -21259 | 39% |
| Fri 10:45 | 13662 | 34730 | -21068 | 39% |
| Fri 11:00 | 13585 | 34720 | -21135 | 39% |
| Fri 11:15 | 13487 | 34630 | -21143 | 39% |
| Fri 11:30 | 13385 | 34980 | -21595 | 38% |
| Fri 11:45 | 13292 | 34740 | -21448 | 38% |
| Fri 12:00 | 13013 | 35090 | -22077 | 37% |
| Fri 12:15 | 12721 | 35319 | -22598 | 36% |
| Fri 12:30 | 12354 | 35540 | -23186 | 35% |
| Fri 12:45 | 11890 | 35681 | -23791 | 33% |
| Fri 13:00 | 11299 | 35631 | -24332 | 32% |
| Fri 13:15 | 10662 | 35900 | -25238 | 30% |
| Fri 13:30 | 9968 | 36249 | -26281 | 27% |
| Fri 13:45 | 9200 | 36470 | -27270 | 25% |
| Fri 14:00 | 8295 | 36440 | -28145 | 23% |
| Fri 14:15 | 7250 | 36570 | -29320 | 20% |
| Fri 14:30 | 6287 | 36920 | -30633 | 17% |
| Fri 14:45 | 5292 | 36951 | -31659 | 14% |
| Fri 15:00 | 4525 | 36690 | -32165 | 12% |
| Fri 15:15 | 3605 | 36870 | -33265 | 10% |
| Fri 15:30 | 2753 | 36790 | -34037 | 7% |
| Fri 15:45 | 2077 | 36500 | -34423 | 6% |
| Fri 16:00 | 1906 | 37050 | -35144 | 5% |
| Fri 16:15 | 1757 | 37650 | -35893 | 5% |
| Fri 16:30 | 1683 | 38370 | -36687 | 4% |
| Fri 16:45 | 1665 | 38940 | -37275 | 4% |
| Fri 17:00 | 1707 | 38950 | -37243 | 4% |
| Fri 17:15 | 1678 | 38601 | -36923 | 4% |
| Fri 17:30 | 1662 | 38520 | -36858 | 4% |
| Fri 17:45 | 1651 | 38061 | -36410 | 4% |
| Fri 18:00 | 1673 | 37510 | -35837 | 4% |
| Fri 18:15 | 1643 | 36880 | -35237 | 4% |
| Fri 18:30 | 1618 | 36401 | -34783 | 4% |
| Fri 18:45 | 1606 | 35590 | -33984 | 5% |
| Fri 19:00 | 1598 | 34840 | -33242 | 5% |
| Fri 19:15 | 1632 | 34191 | -32559 | 5% |
| Fri 19:30 | 1638 | 33420 | -31782 | 5% |
| Fri 19:45 | 1675 | 32301 | -30626 | 5% |
| Fri 20:00 | 1711 | 31591 | -29880 | 5% |
| Fri 20:15 | 1770 | 30980 | -29210 | 6% |
| Fri 20:30 | 1837 | 30420 | -28583 | 6% |
| Fri 20:45 | 1878 | 29739 | -27861 | 6% |
| Fri 21:00 | 1962 | 28971 | -27009 | 7% |
| Fri 21:15 | 2044 | 28510 | -26466 | 7% |
| Fri 21:30 | 2104 | 28090 | -25986 | 7% |
| Fri 21:45 | 2142 | 27441 | -25299 | 8% |