When is Google Cloud europe-west8 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-15 13:29 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 58% of Italy's electricity demand around 13:30 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 13:15 UTC at roughly 61% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 13:15 | 16959 | 27750 | -10791 | 61% |
| Sat 13:30 | 16243 | 27879 | -11636 | 58% |
| Sat 13:45 | 15696 | 28060 | -12364 | 56% |
| Sat 14:00 | 15177 | 28419 | -13242 | 53% |
| Sat 14:15 | 14390 | 28740 | -14350 | 50% |
| Sat 14:30 | 13614 | 29200 | -15586 | 47% |
| Sat 14:45 | 12847 | 29580 | -16733 | 43% |
| Sat 15:00 | 11814 | 30170 | -18356 | 39% |
| Sat 15:15 | 10730 | 30810 | -20080 | 35% |
| Sat 15:30 | 9725 | 31560 | -21835 | 31% |
| Sat 15:45 | 8636 | 32060 | -23424 | 27% |
| Sat 16:00 | 7519 | 32600 | -25081 | 23% |
| Sat 16:15 | 6257 | 33060 | -26803 | 19% |
| Sat 16:30 | 5095 | 33550 | -28455 | 15% |
| Sat 16:45 | 3980 | 34060 | -30080 | 12% |
| Sat 17:00 | 3121 | 34440 | -31319 | 9% |
| Sat 17:15 | 2311 | 34590 | -32279 | 7% |
| Sat 17:30 | 1638 | 34720 | -33082 | 5% |
| Sat 17:45 | 1154 | 35050 | -33896 | 3% |
| Sat 18:00 | 898 | 35280 | -34382 | 3% |
| Sat 18:15 | 679 | 35550 | -34871 | 2% |
| Sat 18:30 | 552 | 35420 | -34868 | 2% |
| Sat 18:45 | 419 | 35360 | -34941 | 1% |
| Sat 19:00 | 336 | 35160 | -34824 | 1% |
| Sat 19:15 | 279 | 34830 | -34551 | 1% |
| Sat 19:30 | 272 | 34630 | -34358 | 1% |
| Sat 20:00 | 285 | 33810 | -33525 | 1% |
| Sat 20:15 | 280 | 33270 | -32990 | 1% |
| Sat 20:30 | 276 | 32670 | -32394 | 1% |
| Sat 20:45 | 278 | 32130 | -31852 | 1% |
| Sat 21:00 | 288 | 31610 | -31322 | 1% |
| Sat 21:15 | 302 | 31140 | -30838 | 1% |
| Sat 21:30 | 312 | 30710 | -30398 | 1% |
| Sat 21:45 | 337 | 30330 | -29993 | 1% |