When is Google Cloud europe-west9 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-06-06 15:12 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-west9 region runs in
Paris, France, on the France 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 47% of France's electricity demand around 15:15 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 16:30 UTC at roughly 52% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 13% around 05:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west9
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 15:00 | 17971 | 36500 | -18529 | 49% |
| Sat 15:15 | 17410 | 36800 | -19390 | 47% |
| Sat 15:30 | 16868 | 37100 | -20232 | 45% |
| Sat 15:45 | 16323 | 37700 | -21377 | 43% |
| Sat 16:00 | 15649 | 38300 | -22651 | 41% |
| Sat 16:15 | 14799 | 38700 | -23901 | 38% |
| Sat 16:30 | 20240 | 39100 | -18860 | 52% |
| Sat 16:45 | 19240 | 39550 | -20310 | 49% |
| Sat 17:00 | 18024 | 40000 | -21976 | 45% |
| Sat 17:45 | 14666 | 39750 | -25084 | 37% |
| Sat 18:00 | 13518 | 39500 | -25982 | 34% |
| Sat 18:15 | 12585 | 39000 | -26415 | 32% |
| Sat 18:30 | 11674 | 38500 | -26826 | 30% |
| Sat 18:45 | 10967 | 38000 | -27033 | 29% |
| Sat 19:00 | 10284 | 37500 | -27216 | 27% |
| Sat 19:15 | 9801 | 37600 | -27799 | 26% |
| Sat 19:30 | 9421 | 37700 | -28279 | 25% |
| Sat 20:15 | 8949 | 38550 | -29601 | 23% |
| Sat 20:30 | 8897 | 39400 | -30503 | 23% |
| Sat 20:45 | 8846 | 40200 | -31354 | 22% |
| Sat 21:00 | 8795 | 41000 | -32205 | 21% |
| Sat 21:15 | 8707 | 40750 | -32043 | 21% |
| Sat 21:30 | 8620 | 40500 | -31880 | 21% |
| Sat 21:45 | 8533 | 40000 | -31467 | 21% |
| Sat 22:00 | 8788 | 40400 | -31612 | 22% |
| Sat 22:15 | 8653 | 39350 | -30697 | 22% |
| Sat 22:30 | 8519 | 38300 | -29781 | 22% |
| Sat 22:45 | 8383 | 37400 | -29017 | 22% |
| Sat 23:00 | 8247 | 36500 | -28253 | 23% |
| Sat 23:15 | 8058 | 36650 | -28592 | 22% |
| Sat 23:30 | 7869 | 36800 | -28931 | 21% |
| Sat 23:45 | 7679 | 36250 | -28571 | 21% |
| Sun 00:00 | 7490 | 35700 | -28210 | 21% |
| Sun 00:15 | 7293 | 34850 | -27557 | 21% |
| Sun 00:30 | 7096 | 34000 | -26904 | 21% |
| Sun 00:45 | 6900 | 33250 | -26350 | 21% |
| Sun 01:00 | 6704 | 32500 | -25796 | 21% |
| Sun 01:15 | 6537 | 32050 | -25513 | 20% |
| Sun 01:30 | 6369 | 31600 | -25231 | 20% |
| Sun 01:45 | 6202 | 31250 | -25048 | 20% |
| Sun 02:00 | 6035 | 30900 | -24865 | 20% |
| Sun 02:15 | 5846 | 30650 | -24804 | 19% |
| Sun 02:30 | 5658 | 30400 | -24742 | 19% |
| Sun 02:45 | 5469 | 30100 | -24631 | 18% |
| Sun 03:00 | 5281 | 29800 | -24519 | 18% |
| Sun 03:15 | 5136 | 29850 | -24714 | 17% |
| Sun 03:30 | 4992 | 29900 | -24908 | 17% |
| Sun 03:45 | 4847 | 29850 | -25003 | 16% |
| Sun 04:00 | 4702 | 29800 | -25098 | 16% |
| Sun 04:15 | 4697 | 29900 | -25203 | 16% |
| Sun 04:30 | 4661 | 30000 | -25339 | 16% |
| Sun 05:15 | 5229 | 30250 | -25021 | 17% |
| Sun 05:30 | 5498 | 30500 | -25002 | 18% |
| Sun 05:45 | 4128 | 31100 | -26972 | 13% |
| Sun 06:00 | 4584 | 31700 | -27116 | 14% |
| Sun 06:15 | 5285 | 32200 | -26915 | 16% |
| Sun 06:30 | 5369 | 32700 | -27331 | 16% |
| Sun 06:45 | 5138 | 33300 | -28162 | 15% |
| Sun 07:00 | 5833 | 33900 | -28067 | 17% |
| Sun 07:15 | 6529 | 34350 | -27821 | 19% |
| Sun 07:30 | 7248 | 34800 | -27552 | 21% |
| Sun 07:45 | 7755 | 35300 | -27545 | 22% |
| Sun 08:00 | 8257 | 35800 | -27543 | 23% |
| Sun 08:15 | 8743 | 36150 | -27407 | 24% |
| Sun 08:30 | 9162 | 36500 | -27338 | 25% |
| Sun 08:45 | 9479 | 37000 | -27521 | 26% |
| Sun 09:00 | 9805 | 37500 | -27695 | 26% |
| Sun 09:15 | 10137 | 38050 | -27913 | 27% |
| Sun 09:30 | 10485 | 38600 | -28115 | 27% |
| Sun 09:45 | 10826 | 39550 | -28724 | 27% |
| Sun 10:00 | 11194 | 40500 | -29306 | 28% |
| Sun 10:15 | 11503 | 40550 | -29047 | 28% |
| Sun 10:30 | 11850 | 40600 | -28750 | 29% |
| Sun 10:45 | 12183 | 41200 | -29017 | 30% |
| Sun 11:00 | 12474 | 41800 | -29326 | 30% |
| Sun 11:15 | 12626 | 40350 | -27724 | 31% |
| Sun 11:30 | 12755 | 38900 | -26145 | 33% |
| Sun 11:45 | 12816 | 38450 | -25634 | 33% |
| Sun 12:00 | 12901 | 38000 | -25099 | 34% |
| Sun 12:15 | 12933 | 38500 | -25567 | 34% |
| Sun 12:30 | 12972 | 39000 | -26028 | 33% |
| Sun 12:45 | 12942 | 38500 | -25558 | 34% |
| Sun 13:00 | 12864 | 38000 | -25136 | 34% |
| Sun 13:15 | 12718 | 37850 | -25132 | 34% |
| Sun 13:30 | 12446 | 37700 | -25254 | 33% |
| Sun 13:45 | 12160 | 37050 | -24890 | 33% |
| Sun 14:00 | 11870 | 36400 | -24530 | 33% |
| Sun 14:15 | 11555 | 35950 | -24395 | 32% |
| Sun 14:30 | 11168 | 35500 | -24332 | 31% |
| Sun 14:45 | 10655 | 35350 | -24695 | 30% |
| Sun 15:00 | 10152 | 35200 | -25048 | 29% |
| Sun 15:15 | 9635 | 35750 | -26115 | 27% |
| Sun 15:30 | 9114 | 36300 | -27186 | 25% |
| Sun 15:45 | 10061 | 36800 | -26739 | 27% |
| Sun 16:00 | 12483 | 37300 | -24817 | 33% |