When is Google Cloud europe-west8 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-04 19:58 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 1% of Italy's electricity demand around 20:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:45 UTC at roughly 59% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 1% around 19:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 19:30 | 530 | 43229 | -42699 | 1% |
| Fri 19:45 | 545 | 42199 | -41654 | 1% |
| Fri 20:00 | 535 | 41320 | -40785 | 1% |
| Fri 20:15 | 552 | 40600 | -40048 | 1% |
| Fri 20:30 | 568 | 39829 | -39261 | 1% |
| Fri 20:45 | 592 | 39291 | -38699 | 2% |
| Fri 21:00 | 606 | 38461 | -37855 | 2% |
| Fri 21:15 | 659 | 37640 | -36981 | 2% |
| Fri 21:30 | 678 | 36790 | -36112 | 2% |
| Fri 21:45 | 728 | 36141 | -35413 | 2% |
| Fri 22:00 | 794 | 35760 | -34966 | 2% |
| Fri 22:15 | 833 | 34780 | -33947 | 2% |
| Fri 22:30 | 865 | 34520 | -33655 | 3% |
| Fri 22:45 | 904 | 34090 | -33186 | 3% |
| Fri 23:00 | 916 | 33179 | -32263 | 3% |
| Fri 23:15 | 934 | 32871 | -31937 | 3% |
| Fri 23:30 | 961 | 32630 | -31669 | 3% |
| Fri 23:45 | 985 | 32350 | -31365 | 3% |
| Sat 00:00 | 996 | 31840 | -30844 | 3% |
| Sat 00:15 | 1002 | 31681 | -30679 | 3% |
| Sat 00:30 | 1009 | 31200 | -30191 | 3% |
| Sat 00:45 | 1002 | 30819 | -29817 | 3% |
| Sat 01:00 | 997 | 30780 | -29783 | 3% |
| Sat 01:15 | 1007 | 30480 | -29473 | 3% |
| Sat 01:45 | 1008 | 30019 | -29011 | 3% |
| Sat 02:00 | 1014 | 29921 | -28907 | 3% |
| Sat 02:15 | 1006 | 29910 | -28904 | 3% |
| Sat 02:45 | 1009 | 29601 | -28592 | 3% |
| Sat 03:00 | 994 | 29589 | -28595 | 3% |
| Sat 03:15 | 993 | 29850 | -28857 | 3% |
| Sat 03:30 | 977 | 29869 | -28892 | 3% |
| Sat 04:00 | 980 | 30700 | -29720 | 3% |
| Sat 04:15 | 989 | 31010 | -30021 | 3% |
| Sat 04:30 | 987 | 31160 | -30173 | 3% |
| Sat 04:45 | 1069 | 31130 | -30061 | 3% |
| Sat 05:00 | 1379 | 31700 | -30321 | 4% |
| Sat 05:15 | 1924 | 31820 | -29896 | 6% |
| Sat 05:30 | 2651 | 32280 | -29629 | 8% |
| Sat 05:45 | 3540 | 32279 | -28739 | 11% |
| Sat 06:00 | 4707 | 32890 | -28183 | 14% |
| Sat 06:15 | 5997 | 33060 | -27063 | 18% |
| Sat 06:30 | 7275 | 33250 | -25975 | 22% |
| Sat 06:45 | 8579 | 33061 | -24482 | 26% |
| Sat 07:00 | 9706 | 33439 | -23733 | 29% |
| Sat 07:15 | 10859 | 33419 | -22560 | 32% |
| Sat 07:30 | 11797 | 33370 | -21573 | 35% |
| Sat 07:45 | 12722 | 33169 | -20447 | 38% |
| Sat 08:00 | 12988 | 33059 | -20071 | 39% |
| Sat 08:15 | 14219 | 33000 | -18781 | 43% |
| Sat 08:30 | 14855 | 32660 | -17805 | 45% |
| Sat 08:45 | 15435 | 32449 | -17014 | 48% |
| Sat 09:00 | 16028 | 32379 | -16351 | 50% |
| Sat 09:15 | 16324 | 32141 | -15817 | 51% |
| Sat 09:30 | 16705 | 31821 | -15116 | 52% |
| Sat 09:45 | 17024 | 31729 | -14705 | 54% |
| Sat 10:00 | 17191 | 31630 | -14439 | 54% |
| Sat 10:15 | 17348 | 31581 | -14233 | 55% |
| Sat 10:30 | 17544 | 31450 | -13906 | 56% |
| Sat 10:45 | 17822 | 31360 | -13538 | 57% |
| Sat 11:00 | 17965 | 31279 | -13314 | 57% |
| Sat 11:15 | 18090 | 31200 | -13110 | 58% |
| Sat 11:30 | 18239 | 31370 | -13131 | 58% |
| Sat 11:45 | 18457 | 31090 | -12633 | 59% |
| Sat 12:00 | 18430 | 31280 | -12850 | 59% |
| Sat 12:15 | 18250 | 31330 | -13080 | 58% |
| Sat 12:30 | 18215 | 31260 | -13045 | 58% |
| Sat 12:45 | 18005 | 31400 | -13395 | 57% |
| Sat 13:00 | 17793 | 31630 | -13837 | 56% |
| Sat 13:15 | 17346 | 31780 | -14434 | 55% |
| Sat 13:30 | 16790 | 31940 | -15150 | 53% |
| Sat 13:45 | 16391 | 32620 | -16229 | 50% |
| Sat 14:00 | 15743 | 32830 | -17087 | 48% |
| Sat 14:15 | 15144 | 33211 | -18067 | 46% |
| Sat 14:30 | 14441 | 33921 | -19480 | 43% |
| Sat 14:45 | 13623 | 34281 | -20658 | 40% |
| Sat 15:00 | 12581 | 34879 | -22298 | 36% |
| Sat 15:15 | 11521 | 35690 | -24169 | 32% |
| Sat 15:30 | 10247 | 36480 | -26233 | 28% |
| Sat 15:45 | 8863 | 37219 | -28356 | 24% |
| Sat 16:00 | 7586 | 37931 | -30345 | 20% |
| Sat 16:15 | 6260 | 38520 | -32260 | 16% |
| Sat 16:30 | 4967 | 38971 | -34004 | 13% |
| Sat 16:45 | 3929 | 39310 | -35381 | 10% |
| Sat 17:00 | 3304 | 39650 | -36346 | 8% |
| Sat 17:15 | 2770 | 39879 | -37109 | 7% |
| Sat 17:30 | 2467 | 40159 | -37692 | 6% |
| Sat 17:45 | 2286 | 40429 | -38143 | 6% |
| Sat 18:00 | 2175 | 40610 | -38435 | 5% |
| Sat 18:15 | 2003 | 40260 | -38257 | 5% |
| Sat 18:30 | 1882 | 39770 | -37888 | 5% |
| Sat 18:45 | 1737 | 39370 | -37633 | 4% |
| Sat 19:00 | 1636 | 38730 | -37094 | 4% |
| Sat 19:15 | 1573 | 38000 | -36427 | 4% |
| Sat 19:30 | 1532 | 37320 | -35788 | 4% |
| Sat 19:45 | 1512 | 36790 | -35278 | 4% |
| Sat 20:00 | 1491 | 36410 | -34919 | 4% |
| Sat 20:15 | 1477 | 35690 | -34213 | 4% |
| Sat 20:30 | 1450 | 35089 | -33639 | 4% |