When is Google Cloud europe-west9 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-06 01:58 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 13% of France's electricity demand around 02:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 09:15 UTC at roughly 40% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 6% around 18:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 01:30 | 3994 | 32900 | -28906 | 12% |
| Sun 01:45 | 4083 | 32750 | -28667 | 12% |
| Sun 02:00 | 4172 | 32600 | -28428 | 13% |
| Sun 02:15 | 4254 | 32450 | -28196 | 13% |
| Sun 02:30 | 4337 | 32300 | -27963 | 13% |
| Sun 02:45 | 4419 | 32150 | -27731 | 14% |
| Sun 03:00 | 4502 | 32000 | -27498 | 14% |
| Sun 03:15 | 4539 | 32150 | -27611 | 14% |
| Sun 03:30 | 4577 | 32300 | -27723 | 14% |
| Sun 03:45 | 4614 | 32400 | -27786 | 14% |
| Sun 04:00 | 4651 | 32500 | -27849 | 14% |
| Sun 04:15 | 4585 | 32700 | -28115 | 14% |
| Sun 04:30 | 4519 | 32900 | -28381 | 14% |
| Sun 05:45 | 5015 | 33200 | -28185 | 15% |
| Sun 06:00 | 5469 | 33500 | -28031 | 16% |
| Sun 06:15 | 6314 | 34150 | -27836 | 18% |
| Sun 06:30 | 7116 | 34800 | -27684 | 20% |
| Sun 06:45 | 8339 | 35350 | -27011 | 24% |
| Sun 07:00 | 9454 | 35900 | -26446 | 26% |
| Sun 07:15 | 10239 | 36150 | -25911 | 28% |
| Sun 07:30 | 10788 | 36400 | -25612 | 30% |
| Sun 07:45 | 11326 | 36650 | -25324 | 31% |
| Sun 08:00 | 11881 | 36900 | -25019 | 32% |
| Sun 08:15 | 12856 | 37800 | -24944 | 34% |
| Sun 08:30 | 13569 | 38700 | -25131 | 35% |
| Sun 08:45 | 14191 | 38900 | -24709 | 36% |
| Sun 09:00 | 14844 | 39100 | -24256 | 38% |
| Sun 09:15 | 15752 | 39450 | -23698 | 40% |
| Sun 09:30 | 12323 | 39800 | -27477 | 31% |
| Sun 09:45 | 12687 | 41100 | -28413 | 31% |
| Sun 10:00 | 13079 | 42400 | -29321 | 31% |
| Sun 10:15 | 13397 | 42350 | -28953 | 32% |
| Sun 10:30 | 13729 | 42300 | -28571 | 32% |
| Sun 10:45 | 13872 | 42900 | -29028 | 32% |
| Sun 11:00 | 14041 | 43500 | -29459 | 32% |
| Sun 11:15 | 14143 | 42500 | -28357 | 33% |
| Sun 11:30 | 14227 | 41500 | -27273 | 34% |
| Sun 11:45 | 14093 | 41600 | -27507 | 34% |
| Sun 12:00 | 13347 | 41700 | -28353 | 32% |
| Sun 12:15 | 13241 | 42200 | -28959 | 31% |
| Sun 12:30 | 13707 | 42700 | -28993 | 32% |
| Sun 12:45 | 13473 | 42250 | -28777 | 32% |
| Sun 13:00 | 13218 | 41800 | -28582 | 32% |
| Sun 13:15 | 12962 | 41500 | -28538 | 31% |
| Sun 13:30 | 12665 | 41200 | -28535 | 31% |
| Sun 14:15 | 15006 | 40750 | -25744 | 37% |
| Sun 14:30 | 14385 | 40300 | -25915 | 36% |
| Sun 14:45 | 13641 | 40500 | -26859 | 34% |
| Sun 15:00 | 12864 | 40700 | -27836 | 32% |
| Sun 15:15 | 12011 | 41000 | -28989 | 29% |
| Sun 15:30 | 11237 | 41300 | -30063 | 27% |
| Sun 15:45 | 10410 | 42250 | -31840 | 25% |
| Sun 16:00 | 9439 | 43200 | -33761 | 22% |
| Sun 16:15 | 8180 | 43400 | -35220 | 19% |
| Sun 16:30 | 7170 | 43600 | -36430 | 16% |
| Sun 16:45 | 6274 | 44400 | -38126 | 14% |
| Sun 17:00 | 4996 | 45200 | -40204 | 11% |
| Sun 17:15 | 4312 | 45350 | -41038 | 10% |
| Sun 17:30 | 3583 | 45500 | -41917 | 8% |
| Sun 17:45 | 3231 | 45050 | -41819 | 7% |
| Sun 18:00 | 2894 | 44600 | -41706 | 6% |
| Sun 18:15 | 2667 | 44200 | -41533 | 6% |
| Sun 18:30 | 2603 | 43800 | -41197 | 6% |
| Sun 18:45 | 2746 | 43650 | -40904 | 6% |
| Sun 19:00 | 2918 | 43500 | -40582 | 7% |
| Sun 19:15 | 3082 | 43350 | -40268 | 7% |
| Sun 19:30 | 3247 | 43200 | -39953 | 8% |
| Sun 19:45 | 3411 | 42800 | -39389 | 8% |
| Sun 20:00 | 3576 | 42400 | -38824 | 8% |
| Sun 20:15 | 3738 | 42900 | -39162 | 9% |
| Sun 20:30 | 3901 | 43400 | -39499 | 9% |
| Sun 20:45 | 4064 | 43600 | -39536 | 9% |
| Sun 21:00 | 4227 | 43800 | -39573 | 10% |
| Sun 21:15 | 4258 | 42950 | -38692 | 10% |
| Sun 21:30 | 4289 | 42100 | -37811 | 10% |
| Sun 21:45 | 4320 | 41550 | -37230 | 10% |